The Social Security Committee is appointed under
Standing Order No. 152 to examine the expenditure, administration
and policy of the Department of Social Security and associated
public bodies.
The Committee consists of 11 Members. It has a quorum
of three. Unless the House otherwise orders, all Members nominated
to the Committee continue to be members of it for the remainder
of the Parliament.
The Committee has power:
(a) to send for persons, papers and records,
to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn
from place to place, and to report from time to time;
(b) to appoint specialist advisers either to
supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate
matters of complexity within the Committee's order of reference;
(c) to communicate to
any other committee appointed under the same Standing Order (or
to the Committee of Public Accounts, the Deregulation Committee
or the Environmental Audit Committee) its evidence and any other
documents relating to matters of common interest;
(d) to meet concurrently
with any other committee appointed under Standing Order No. 152
for the purposes of deliberating, taking evidence, or considering
draft reports.
The membership of the Committee since its nomination
on 14 July 1997 has been as follows:
| Ms Karen Buck | Siobhain McDonagh |
| Mr Nick Gibb | Mr Chris Pond |
| Ms Patricia Hewitt | Mr Frank Roy |
| Miss Julie Kirkbride | Ms Gisela Stuart |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Mr Malcolm Wicks |
| Mr Edward Leigh | |
Mr Archy Kirkwood was elected Chairman on 16 July
1997.
Siobhain McDonagh was discharged and Mr Paul Goggins
was added on 28 November 1997.
Mr Nick Gibb was discharged and Mr Howard Flight
was added on 20 July 1998.
Notes:
Ev.p. indicates the page
in the Minutes of Evidence. A list of Memoranda included in the
Minutes of Evidence is at page xlix.
Q. indicates the Question
number in the Minutes of Evidence A list of witnesses is at page
xlviii.
Appendix indicates a reference
to an Appendix to the Minutes of Evidence. A list of Appendices
to the Minutes of Evidence is at page l.
PS... indicates a memorandum
submitted to the Select Committee. Most have been printed in this
volume either as Memoranda included in the Minutes of Evidence
or as Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence. A list of memoranda
reported to the House but not printed is at page li.
DSS... indicates a response
to the DSS Consultation Document. A list of such papers cited
in the Report and Annex is at page li.
