The Liaison Committee is a committee of the British House of Commons, the lower house of the United Kingdom Parliament. The committee consists of the chairs of the 32 Commons select committees and the chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights.
The role of the committee is to consider general matters relating to the work of select committees. It advises the House of Commons Commission on select committees as well as choosing select committee reports for debate in the chamber.
Since 2002, the Prime Minister has appeared annually before the Liaison Committee in order to give evidence on matters of public policy. The Liaison Committee is the only Commons committee that questions the prime minister and generally meets three times a year.
In mid 2024 the Liaison Committee's work was paused for three months due to the general election. It was reestablished as part of the new Parliament resuming its role over Commons select committee chairs.
Chairs Committee chairs include those listed below.https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/103/liaison-committee-commons/membership/former/
NameStartEndPartyConstituencyConservativeTauntonConservativeWorthingLabourAshton-under-LyneLabourSwansea WestLiberal DemocratsBerwick-upon-TweedConservativeChichesterConservativeTotnesConservativeHarwich and North EssexpresentLabour Co-opHackney South and Shoreditch
Membership As of 14 September 2026, the members of the committee are as follows:
Member Party Constituency Committee Dame Meg Hillier (chair) Labour Co-op Hackney South & Shoreditch Treasury Debbie Abrahams Labour Oldham East and Saddleworth Work and Pensions Tonia Antoniazzi Labour Gower Northern Irish Affairs Catherine Atkinson Labour Derby North Justice Olivia Bailey Labour Reading West and Mid Berkshire Women and EqualitiesSteve BarclayConservativeNorth East CambridgeshireFinance Bob Blackman Conservative Harrow East Backbench Business Dame Karen Bradley Conservative Staffordshire Moorlands Home Affairs Liam Byrne Labour Birmingham Hodge Hill & Solihull North Business and Trade Ruth Cadbury Labour Brentford & Isleworth Transport Alistair Carmichael Liberal Democrats Orkney & Shetland Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Sarah Champion Labour Rotherham International Development Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Conservative North Cotswolds Public Accounts Alberto Costa Conservative South Leicestershire Standards Tan Dhesi Labour Slough Defence Dame Caroline Dinenage Conservative Gosport Culture, Media and Sport Bill Esterson Labour Sefton Central Energy Security and Net Zero Patricia Ferguson Labour Glasgow West Scottish Affairs Helen Hayes Labour Dulwich and West Norwood Education Simon Hoare Conservative North Dorset Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Sir Bernard Jenkin Conservative Harwich and North Essex Statutory Instruments Ruth Jones Labour Newport West & Islwyn Welsh Affairs Layla Moran Liberal Democrats Oxford West & Abingdon Health and Social Care Jessica Morden Labour Newport East Selection Chi Onwurah Labour Newcastle upon Tyne Central & West Science, Innovation and Technology Abena Oppong-Asare Labour Co-op Erith and Thamesmead Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Toby Perkins Labour Chesterfield Environmental Audit Cat Smith Labour Lancaster & Wyre ProcedureNick SmithLabourBlaenau Gwent and RhymneyAdministration Jamie Stone Liberal Democrats Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross Petitions Dame Emily Thornberry Labour Islington South & Finsbury Foreign Affairs
See also Parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom
References
External links Liaison Committee website Records for this Committee are kept at the Parliamentary Archives