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 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| David Chadwick MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |
| Ann Davies MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Gill German MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Simon Hoare MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Claire Hughes MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |
| Ben Lake MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |
| Llinos Medi MP | 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 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Steve Witherden MP | Labour |
=Changes since 2024=
class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |
nowrap | 6 January 2025
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Chris Evans MP (Labour) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Gill German MP (Labour) | [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) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Simon Hoare MP (Conservative) | [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 }}
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! colspan="2" valign="top" |Member ! valign="top" |Party ! valign="top" |Constituency |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Stephen Crabb MP (Chair) |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Tonia Antoniazzi MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Simon Baynes MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Virginia Crosbie MP |
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.}} |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |
|Ben Lake MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Anna McMorrin MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Robin Millar MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Rob Roberts MP |Conservative{{efn|Whip suspended from 25 May 2021 to dissolution.}} |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Jamie Wallis MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Beth Winter MP |
{{notelist}}
=Changes 2019-2024=
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! 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) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Ruth Jones MP (Labour) | [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) | [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) | → | 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 }}
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! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| David Davies MP (Chair) | 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 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Susan Elan Jones MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |
| Ben Lake MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Jack Lopresti MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Anna McMorrin MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |
| Jonathan Edwards MP |
=Changes 2017-2019=
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! 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) |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Anna McMorrin MP (Labour) |
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) |
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) | [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) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Susan Elan Jones MP (Labour) | [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) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Guto Bebb MP (Conservative) | [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) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Jack Lopresti MP (Conservative) | [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) | → | colspan=3 | Vacant |
11 March 2019
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" | | Liz Saville Roberts MP (Plaid Cymru) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" | | Jonathan Edwards MP (Plaid Cymru) | [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) | → | 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 }}
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! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| David Davies MP (Chair) | Monmouth |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Byron Davies MP | Gower |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Chris Davies MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Dr James Davies MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Carolyn Harris MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Gerald Jones MP | Labour |
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 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |
| Liz Saville-Roberts MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Craig Williams MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| Mark Williams MP |
=Changes 2015-2017=
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! 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) | → | 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) | → | 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) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Paul Flynn MP (Labour) | [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) | Monmouth |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Guto Bebb MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Simon Hart MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Glyn Davies MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Karen Lumley MP | Redditch |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Stephen Doughty MP | Labour |
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 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Jessica Morden MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |
| Jonathan Edwards MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| Mark Williams MP |
=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.
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! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |
nowrap | 2 November 2010
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) | → | 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) | [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) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Robin Walker MP (Conservative) | [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) | → | 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) | [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) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Stephen Doughty MP (Labour) | [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) | → | 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) | → | 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) | [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 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| David Davies MP | 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 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| David Jones MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Martyn Jones MP | Labour |
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 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| Mark Williams MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |
| Hywel Williams MP |
=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 | 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)}}" |
| 20 November 1981 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 9 June 1983 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 14 July 1997 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 13 July 2005 | 6 May 2010 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 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)}}" |
| 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
{{notelist}}
References
{{reflist}}
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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