Committee

Liaison Committee (Commons)

Select committee Commons

What it does

The Liaison Committee is made up of Select Committee Chairs. It considers the overall work of select committees, promotes effective scrutiny of Government and chooses committee reports for debates. It questions the Prime Minister about policy, usually three times a year.
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Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements
Liaison sub-Committee on Select Committee Core Tasks

Members

Dame Meg Hillier MP Labour (Co-op) Chair
Alberto Costa MP Conservative Member
Andy Slaughter MP Labour Member
Bill Esterson MP Labour Member
Bob Blackman MP Conservative Member
Cat Smith MP Labour Member
Dame Caroline Dinenage MP Conservative Member
Dame Chi Onwurah MP Labour Member
Debbie Abrahams MP Labour Member
Florence Eshalomi MP Labour (Co-op) Member
Helen Hayes MP Labour Member
Jamie Stone MP Liberal Democrat Member
Jessica Morden MP Labour Member
Layla Moran MP Liberal Democrat Member
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP Labour Member
Mr Toby Perkins MP Labour Member
Nick Smith MP Labour Member
Patricia Ferguson MP Labour Member
Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP Liberal Democrat Member
Rt Hon Dame Karen Bradley MP Conservative Member
Rt Hon Emily Thornberry MP Labour Member
Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP Labour Member
Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP Conservative Member
Ruth Cadbury MP Labour Member
Ruth Jones MP Labour Member
Sarah Champion MP Labour Member
Sarah Owen MP Labour Member
Simon Hoare MP Conservative Member
Sir Bernard Jenkin MP Conservative Member
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP Conservative Member
Tonia Antoniazzi MP Labour Member

Recent outputs

Formal Minutes Formal Minutes, Commons Liaison Committee, 2024-26 16 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter to the Leaders of the two Houses in relation to pre-legislative scrutiny in this parliamentary session, dated 2 July 2026. 2 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Leaders of the two Houses in relation to pre-legislative scrutiny in this parliamentary session, dated 16 June 2026. 24 Jun 2026
Attendance statistics Members' attendance 2024–26 (Liaison Committee (Commons)) 22 May 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Prime Minister relating to his appearance before the Committee on 23 March 2026, dated 13 April 2026 14 Apr 2026
Correspondence Letter from The Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP, Leader of the House, and The Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office, dated 9 December, in relation to Public Inquiries: scrutiny of recommendations 15 Dec 2025
Correspondence Letter from the Chair to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the House of Lords Liaison Committee in response to his letter regarding the implementation of recommendations of public inquiries, dated 24 October 2025. 28 Oct 2025
Correspondence Letter to the Leaders of the two Houses in relation to pre-legislative scrutiny in this parliamentary session, dated 29 September 2025. 29 Sep 2025
Correspondence Letter from Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the House of Lords Liaison Committee regarding the implementation of recommendations of public inquiries, dated 22 July. 16 Sep 2025
Correspondence Letter from the Leaders of the two Houses in relation to pre-legislative scrutiny in this parliamentary session, dated 22 July 2025. 16 Sep 2025
Correspondence Letter from the Prime Minister relating to his appearance before the Committee on 21 July 2025, dated 12 August 2025 22 Aug 2025
Correspondence Letter from the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology in response to the joint letter from the chairs of the Liaison, Culture, Media & Sport, and Science, Innovation & Technology Committees relating to AI and copyright, dated 19 June 2025 19 Jun 2025
Correspondence Letter from the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology to committee Chairs in relation to AI and copyright - Parliamentary Working Group, dated 6 June 2025 12 Jun 2025
Correspondence Joint letter from the Chairs of the Liaison Committee, Culture, Media & Sport Committee, and Science, Innovation & Technology Committee to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation & Technology in relation to AI - Parliamentary Working Group, dated 10 June 2025. 10 Jun 2025
Correspondence Letter from the Prime Minister following his appearance before the Committee on 8 April 2025, received on 23 April 2025. 24 Apr 2025
Correspondence Letter from the Prime Minister on supporting growth dated 31 March 2025, including regulators responses to the PM, Chancellor and DBT Secretary of State 4 Apr 2025
Special Report 1st Special Report - Promoting national strategy: How select committee scrutiny can improve strategic thinking in Whitehall: Government response 4 Apr 2025
Correspondence Letter to the Prime Minister relating to UK regulators and growth, dated 18 March 2025 19 Mar 2025
Correspondence Letter from the Prime Minister relating to his appearance before the Committee on 19 December 2024, dated 6 February 2025. 10 Feb 2025
Correspondence Letter from the Chair of the Modernisation Committee relating to strategic scrutiny, dated 18 December 2024. 19 Dec 2024
Correspondence Letter to the Prime Minister regarding the anticipated Government response to the Committee's first report of Session 2023-24, Promoting national strategy: How select committee scrutiny can improve strategic thinking in Whitehall, dated 18 December 2024. 19 Dec 2024
Correspondence Letter from the Prime Minister relating to his appearance before the Committee and Plan for Change, dated 13 December 2024 17 Dec 2024
Correspondence Letter from the Chair to the Prime Minister relating to his appearances before the Committee, dated 10 December 2024 12 Dec 2024
Formal Minutes Formal Minutes, Commons Liaison Committee, 2023-2024 30 May 2024
Formal Minutes Formal Minutes, Commons Liaison Committee, 2022-2023 29 May 2024
Report First Report - Promoting national strategy: How select committee scrutiny can improve strategic thinking in Whitehall 29 May 2024
Attendance statistics Members' attendance 2023–24 (Liaison Committee (Commons)) 24 May 2024
Correspondence Letter from the Chair to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in relation to the Scrutiny of Supplementary Estimates, dated 30 April 2024 24 May 2024
Correspondence Letter from the Chair to the Leader of the House in relation to the Scrutiny of Supplementary Estimates, dated 30 April 2024 24 May 2024
Correspondence Letter dated 14 May, from the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee related to the scrutiny of confidential expenditure 24 May 2024

Source: the official committee page.