The Trade and Industry Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Current membership
Mr Martin O'Neill MP (Labour, Ochil) (Chairman)
Mr Henry Bellingham MP (Conservative, North West Norfolk)
Mr Roger Berry MP (Labour, Kingswood)
Richard Burden MP (Labour, Birmingham Northfield)
Mr Jonathan Djanogly MP (Conservative, Huntingdon)
Mr Lindsay Hoyle MP (Labour, Chorley)
Dr Ashok Kumar MP (Labour, Middlesborough South and East Cleveland)
Mr Andrew Lansley MP (Conservative, Cambridgeshire South)
Mrs Jackie Lawrence MP (Labour, Preseli, Pembrokeshire)
Linda Perham MP (Labour, Ilford North)
Sir Robert Smith MP (Liberal Democrat, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)


Powers

The committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No 152. These are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk.


Publication

The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet at www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/t&ihome.htm.


Committee staff

The current staff of the Committee are Elizabeth Flood (Clerk), David Lees (Second Clerk), Philip Larkin (Committee Specialist), Clare Genis (Committee Assistant) and Rowena Macdonald (Secretary).


Contacts

All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Trade and Industry Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 5777; the Committee's email address is tradeindcom@parliament.uk


Footnotes

In the footnotes of this Report, references to oral evidence are indicated by 'Q' followed by the question number. References to written evidence are indicated in the form 'App' followed by the Appendix number.