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Welsh Affairs Select Committee

{{Short description|UK House of Commons select committee}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Politics of Wales}}

The Welsh Affairs Select Committee (or simply the 'Welsh Affairs Committee') is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Wales Office, as well as relations with the Senedd.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/welsh-affairs-committee/role/|title=Role - Welsh Affairs Committee|website=UK Parliament|access-date=17 January 2019}} The members of the committee are usually Welsh MPs.

Membership

Following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, a new chair and members of committees were elected:{{cite web |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/162/welsh-affairs-committee/news/203467/welsh-affairs-committee-membership-appointed/ |title=Welsh Affairs Committee membership appointed |author= |date=29 October 2024 |website=committees.parliament.uk |publisher=Welsh Affairs Committeev |access-date=10 November 2024 |quote=}}

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

! valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Ruth Jones MP (Chair)

| Labour

| Newport West and Islwyn

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| David Chadwick MP

| Liberal Democrats

| Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

| Ann Davies MP

| Plaid Cymru

| Caerfyrddin

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Gill German MP

| Labour

| Clwyd North

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Simon Hoare MP

| Conservative

| North Dorset

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Claire Hughes MP

| Labour

| Bangor Aberconwy

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

| Ben Lake MP

| Plaid Cymru

| Ceredigion Preseli

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

| Llinos Medi MP

| Plaid Cymru

| Ynys Môn

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Andrew Ranger MP

| Labour

| Wrexham

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Henry Tufnell MP

| Labour

| Mid and South Pembrokeshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Steve Witherden MP

| Labour

| Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

=Changes since 2024=

class="wikitable"

! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

nowrap | 6 January 2025

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Chris Evans MP (Labour)

| Caerphilly

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Gill German MP (Labour)

| Clwyd North

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-01-06/debates/2B3B133D-9BD3-4775-8131-AAABC91E7B86/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

nowrap | 13 January 2025

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Aphra Brandreth MP (Conservative)

| Chester South and Eddisbury

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Simon Hoare MP (Conservative)

| North Dorset

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-01-13/debates/789A3A9E-5CF1-42B0-92F5-889E8A034825/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

2019-2024 Parliament

The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-01-27/debates/61727BCA-DE80-46AF-9F48-22F43F7297C6/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=27 January 2020 |volume= 670 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-03-02/debates/8B6DDBB3-CECD-4960-99B3-C2DF8913083F/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=2 March 2020 |volume= 672 }}

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" valign="top" |Member

! valign="top" |Party

! valign="top" |Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Stephen Crabb MP (Chair)

|Conservative

|Preseli Pembrokeshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Tonia Antoniazzi MP

|Labour

|Gower

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Simon Baynes MP

|Conservative

|Clwyd South

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Virginia Crosbie MP

|Conservative

|Ynys Mon

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Geraint Davies MP

|Labour and Co-op{{efn|Whip suspended from 1 June 2023 to dissolution.}}

|Swansea West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

|Ben Lake MP

|Plaid Cymru

|Ceredigion

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Anna McMorrin MP

|Labour

|Cardiff North

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Robin Millar MP

|Conservative

|Aberconwy

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Rob Roberts MP

|Conservative{{efn|Whip suspended from 25 May 2021 to dissolution.}}

|Delyn

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Jamie Wallis MP

|Conservative

|Bridgend

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Beth Winter MP

|Labour

|Cynon Valley

{{notelist}}

=Changes 2019-2024=

class="wikitable"

! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing member and party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New member and party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

15 June 2020

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Anna McMorrin MP (Labour)

| Cardiff North

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Ruth Jones MP (Labour)

| Newport West

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-06-15/debates/D571C7D7-B96A-4D25-B78E-724131715432/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

27 June 2022

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour)

| Gower

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Wayne David MP (Labour)

| Caerphilly

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-06-27/debates/7BECD5D6-3969-41E2-BB02-C8A7C4033465/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

22 January 2024

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Wayne David MP (Labour)

| Caerphilly

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour)

| Gower

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-01-22/debates/E9BC8CAE-6A0A-432A-A1C7-05919EA2BB53/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

Membership 2017–2019

The election of the chair took place on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-07-12/debates/B69EAA32-33CE-4783-800B-62543260ECB7/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=12 July 2017 |volume= 627 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-09-11/debates/B9157055-C055-42AE-90D8-44B5F94F0959/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=11 September 2017 |volume= 628 }}

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

! valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| David Davies MP (Chair)

| Conservative

| Monmouth

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Tonia Antoniazzi MP

| Labour

| Gower

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Guto Bebb MP

| Conservative

| Aberconwy

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Geraint Davies

| Labour

| Swansea West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Susan Elan Jones MP

| Labour

| Clwyd South

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

| Ben Lake MP

| Plaid Cymru

| Ceredigion

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Jack Lopresti MP

| Conservative

| Filton and Bradley Stoke

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Anna McMorrin MP

| Labour

| Cardiff North

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

| Jonathan Edwards MP

| Plaid Cymru

|Carmarthen East and Dinefwr

=Changes 2017-2019=

class="wikitable"

! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing member and party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New member and party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

rowspan=3 | 16 October 2017

| rowspan=3 colspan=3|New seat

| rowspan=3 | →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour)

| Gower

| rowspan=3 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-10-16/debates/2FC47041-24E6-42ED-B412-7B9673FF72D5/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Simon Hoare MP (Conservative)

| North Dorset

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Anna McMorrin MP (Labour)

| Cardiff North

rowspan=2 | 23 October 2017

| rowspan=2 colspan=3|New seat

| rowspan=2 | →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Stephen Kinnock MP (Labour)

| Aberavon

| rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-10-23/debates/89B2B877-E433-44AD-97B9-22C89D792187/Committees Hansard]

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

| Liz Saville Roberts MP (Plaid Cymru)

| Dwyfor Meirionnydd

8 January 2018

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Stephen Kinnock MP (Labour)

| Aberavon

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Thelma Walker MP (Labour)

| Colne Valley

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-01-08/debates/51AA2E39-FD87-4C81-99B3-6B152C6B3D45/WelshAffairs Hansard]

5 February 2018

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Thelma Walker MP (Labour)

| Colne Valley

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Susan Elan Jones MP (Labour)

| Clwyd South

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-02-05/debates/C3CF3746-9D15-4EDA-8A95-B0ECC33759C4/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

22 October 2018

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Glyn Davies MP (Conservative)

| Montgomeryshire

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Guto Bebb MP (Conservative)

| Aberconwy

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-10-22/debates/E3973E57-8100-4F40-93EB-640526B1000F/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

26 November 2018

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Simon Hoare MP (Conservative)

| North Dorset

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Jack Lopresti MP (Conservative)

| Filton and Bradley Stoke

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-11-26/debates/67B0BDBF-80CF-450A-8140-EBB9CB717F64/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

17 February 2019

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Paul Flynn MP (Labour)

| Newport West

| →

| colspan=3 | Vacant

| Death of member{{cite news |title=Tributes as Newport West Labour MP Paul Flynn dies aged 84 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-47274312 |access-date=12 July 2022 |work=BBC News |date=18 February 2019}}

11 March 2019

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

| Liz Saville Roberts MP (Plaid Cymru)

| Dwyfor Meirionnydd

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

| Jonathan Edwards MP (Plaid Cymru)

| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-03-11/debates/19385623-FBE7-4356-86CB-8587EB740F7F/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

21 June 2019

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Chris Davies MP (Conservative)

| Brecon and Radnorshire

| →

| colspan=3 | Vacant

| Recall petition against member{{cite news |title=MP Chris Davies unseated after petition triggers by-election |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-48720176 |access-date=12 July 2022 |work=BBC News |date=21 June 2019}}

Membership 2015–2017

The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 13 July 2015.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-06-18/debates/15061885000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=18 June 2015 |volume= 597 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-07-13/debates/1507144000002/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=13 July 2015 |volume= 598 }}

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

! valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| David Davies MP (Chair)

| Conservative

| Monmouth

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Byron Davies MP

| Conservative

| Gower

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Chris Davies MP

| Conservative

| Brecon and Radnorshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Dr James Davies MP

| Conservatives

| Vale of Clwyd

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Carolyn Harris MP

| Labour

| Swansea East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Gerald Jones MP

| Labour

| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Christina Rees MP

| Labour

| Neath

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Antoinette Sandbach MP

| Conservative

| Eddisbury

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

| Liz Saville-Roberts MP

| Plaid Cymru

| Dwyfor Meirionnydd

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Craig Williams MP

| Conservative

| Cardiff North

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Mark Williams MP

| Liberal Democrat

| Ceredigion

=Changes 2015-2017=

class="wikitable"

! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing member and party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New member and party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

1 February 2016

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Christina Rees MP (Labour)

| Neath

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Stephen Kinnock MP (Labour)

| Aberavon

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-02-01/debates/1602026000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

25 April 2016

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Antoinette Sandbach MP (Conservative)

| Eddisbury

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Glyn Davies MP (Conservative)

| Aberavon

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-04-25/debates/16042537000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

18 July 2016

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Carolyn Harris MP (Labour)

| Swansea East

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Chris Elmore MP (Labour)

| Ogmore

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-07-18/debates/8CCA33D9-D60D-4C6A-8042-B157A760FF39/WelshAffairsCommitttee Hansard]

21 November 2016

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Gerald Jones MP (Labour)

| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Paul Flynn MP (Labour)

| Newport West

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-11-21/debates/27EECD2F-F9F6-4AFB-A9A1-B3AFAF4394FA/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

Membership 2010–2015

At the dissolution of the 2010–2015 Parliament, the committee's membership was:{{cite web | url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/welsh-affairs-committee/news/welsh-affairs-committee-membership-at-the-end-of-parliament-2010-15/ | title=Welsh Affairs Committee membership at the end of Parliament 2010-15 | website=UK Parliament|date=30 March 2015|access-date=17 January 2015}}

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

! valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| David Davies MP (Chair)

| Conservative

| Monmouth

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Guto Bebb MP

| Conservative

| Aberconwy

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Simon Hart MP

| Conservative

| Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Glyn Davies MP

| Conservatives

| Montgomeryshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Karen Lumley MP

| Conservatives

| Redditch

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Stephen Doughty MP

| Labour

| Cardiff South and Penarth

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Nia Griffith MP

| Labour

| Llanelli

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Sian James MP

| Labour

| Swansea East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Jessica Morden MP

| Labour

| Newport East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

| Jonathan Edwards MP

| Plaid Cymru

| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Mark Williams MP

| Liberal Democrat

| Ceredigion

=2010–2015 changes=

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.

class="wikitable"

! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing member
and party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New member
and party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

nowrap | 2 November 2010

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Glyn Davies MP (Conservative)

| Montgomeryshire

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Stuart Andrew MP (Conservative)

| Pudsey

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101102/debtext/101102-0004.htm#1011036000005 Hansard]

22 November 2010

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Nia Griffith MP (Labour)

| Llanelli

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Siân James MP (Labour)

| Swansea East

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101122/debtext/101122-0004.htm#1011231000001 Hansard]

27 June 2011

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Alun Cairns MP (Conservative)

| Vale of Glamorgan

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Robin Walker MP (Conservative)

| Worcester

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110627/debtext/110627-0004.htm#11062743000005 Hansard]

nowrap | 28 November 2011

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Owen Smith MP (Labour)

| Pontypridd

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Nia Griffith MP (Labour)

| Llanelli

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm111128/debtext/111128-0003.htm#1111296000003 Hansard]

5 November 2012

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Stuart Andrew MP (Conservative)

| Pudsey

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Glyn Davies MP (Conservative)

| Montgomeryshire

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121105/debtext/121105-0004.htm#12110555000004 Hansard]

26 November 2012

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Susan Jones MP (Labour)

| Clwyd South

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Stephen Doughty MP (Labour)

| Cardiff South and Penarth

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121126/debtext/121126-0003.htm#12112635000005 Hansard]

3 December 2012

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Robin Walker MP (Conservative)

| Worcester

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Simon Hart MP (Conservative)

| Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121203/debtext/121203-0004.htm#1212041000006 Hansard]

6 January 2014

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

| Jonathan Edwards MP (Plaid Cymru)

| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

| Hywel Williams MP (Plaid Cymru)

| Arfon

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2014-01-06/debates/14010625000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

10 March 2014

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

| Hywel Williams MP (Plaid Cymru)

| Arfon

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

| Jonathan Edwards MP (Plaid Cymru)

| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2014-03-10/debates/14031036000007/WelshAffairs Hansard]

Membership 2005–2010

At the start of the 2005–2010 Parliament, the committee's membership was:{{cite report|title=Manufacturing and Trade in Wales and Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Bill: Government Responses to the Committee's Second and Third Reports of Session 2004–05|author=House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmselect/cmwelaf/433/433.pdf|date=28 July 2005|access-date=17 January 2019}}

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

! valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Dr. Hywel Francis MP (Chair)

| Labour

| Aberavon

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Stephen Crabb MP

| Conservative

| Preseli Pembrokeshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| David Davies MP

| Conservative

| Monmouth

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Nia Griffith MP

| Labour

| Llanelli

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Sian James MP

| Labour

| Swansea East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| David Jones MP

| Conservative

| Clwyd West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Martyn Jones MP

| Labour

| Clwyd South

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Madeleine Moon MP

| Labour

| Bridgend

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Betty Williams MP

| Labour

|Conwy

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Mark Williams MP

| Liberal Democrat

| Ceredigion

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

| Hywel Williams MP

| Plaid Cymru

| Caernarfon

=2005–2010 changes=

Changes between 2005 and 2010 are not known.

List of chairs

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

!Party

!Constituency

! valign="top" | From

! valign="top" | Until

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Leo Abse

|Labour

|Pontypool

| 25 January 1980

| 20 November 1981{{Cite web|url=https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmwelaf/1054/8072801.htm|title=House of Commons - Welsh Affairs - Minutes of Evidence}}

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Donald Anderson

|Labour

|Swansea East

| 20 November 1981

| 13 May 1983

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Gareth Wardell

|Labour

|Gower

| 9 June 1983

| 21 March 1997

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Martyn Jones

|Labour

|Clwyd South

| 14 July 1997

| 13 July 2005

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Hywel Francis

|Labour

|Aberavon

| 13 July 2005

| 6 May 2010

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| David Davies

|Conservative

|Monmouth

| 10 June 2010

| 6 November 2019{{efn|Office officially vacant from 30 March 2015 to 18 June 2015 and from 3 May 2017 to 7 July 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/welsh-affairs-committee/chair-nominations-2017/ |title=Chair nominations for Welsh Affairs Committee - UK Parliament |website=www.parliament.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830174127/https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/welsh-affairs-committee/chair-nominations-2017/ |archive-date=2018-08-30}}}}

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Stephen Crabb

|Conservative

|Preseli Pembrokeshire

| 28 January 2020

| 30 May 2024

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| tbc

|Labour{{cite web |title=Election of select committee Chairs |url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2024/july/election-committee-chairs-speakers-announcement/ |access-date=31 July 2024}}

|

| 2024

|

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

  • [https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_HC_CL_CO_CY Records of the Welsh Affairs Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives]
  • [https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/162/welsh-affairs-committee/ UK Parliament: Welsh Select Committee]

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