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.[1] The members of the committee are usually Welsh MPs.
Following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, chairs and member of committees are yet to be appointed.[2]
As of January 2024, the membership of the committee was as follows:[3] [4]
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Crabb MP (Chair) | Conservative | Preseli Pembrokeshire | |
| Tonia Antoniazzi MP | Labour | Gower | |
| Simon Baynes MP | Conservative | Clwyd South | |
| Virginia Crosbie MP | Conservative | Ynys Mon | |
| Geraint Davies MP | Independent | Swansea West | |
| Ruth Jones MP | Labour | Newport West | |
| Ben Lake MP | Plaid Cymru | Ceredigion | |
| Robin Millar MP | Conservative | Aberconwy | |
| Rob Roberts MP | Independent | Delyn | |
| Jamie Wallis MP | Conservative | Bridgend | |
| Beth Winter MP | Labour | Cynon Valley | |
| Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2020 | Anna McMorrin MP (Labour) | Cardiff North | → | Ruth Jones MP (Labour) | Newport West | Hansard | |||
| 27 June 2022 | Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour) | Gower | → | Wayne David MP (Labour) | Caerphilly | Hansard | |||
| 22 January 2024 | Wayne David MP (Labour) | Caerphilly | → | Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour) | Gower | Hansard | |||
The election of the chair took place on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.[5] [6]
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Davies MP (Chair) | Conservative | Monmouth | |
| Tonia Antoniazzi MP | Labour | Gower | |
| Guto Bebb MP | Conservative | Aberconwy | |
| Geraint Davies | Labour | Swansea West | |
| Susan Elan Jones MP | Labour | Clwyd South | |
| Ben Lake MP | Plaid Cymru | Ceredigion | |
| Jack Lopresti MP | Conservative | Filton and Bradley Stoke | |
| Anna McMorrin MP | Labour | Cardiff North | |
| Jonathan Edwards MP | Plaid Cymru | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | |
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 13 July 2015.[9] [10]
| Member | Party | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Davies MP (Chair) | Conservative | Monmouth | ||
| Byron Davies MP | Conservative | Gower | ||
| Chris Davies MP | Conservative | Brecon and Radnorshire | ||
| Dr James Davies MP | Conservatives | Vale of Clwyd | ||
| Carolyn Harris MP | Labour | Swansea East | ||
| Gerald Jones MP | Labour | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | ||
| Christina Rees MP | Labour | Neath | ||
| Antoinette Sandbach MP | Conservative | Eddisbury | ||
| Liz Saville-Roberts MP | Plaid Cymru | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | ||
| Craig Williams MP | Conservative | Cardiff North | ||
| Mark Williams MP | Liberal Democrat | Ceredigion | ||
| Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 February 2016 | Christina Rees MP (Labour) | Neath | → | Stephen Kinnock MP (Labour) | Aberavon | Hansard | |||
| 25 April 2016 | Antoinette Sandbach MP (Conservative) | Eddisbury | → | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) | Aberavon | Hansard | |||
| 18 July 2016 | Carolyn Harris MP (Labour) | Swansea East | → | Chris Elmore MP (Labour) | Ogmore | Hansard | |||
| 21 November 2016 | Gerald Jones MP (Labour) | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | → | Paul Flynn MP (Labour) | Newport West | Hansard | |||
At the dissolution of the 2010–2015 Parliament, the committee's membership was:[11]
| Member | Party | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Davies MP (Chair) | Conservative | Monmouth | ||
| Guto Bebb MP | Conservative | Aberconwy | ||
| Simon Hart MP | Conservative | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | ||
| Glyn Davies MP | Conservatives | Montgomeryshire | ||
| Karen Lumley MP | Conservatives | Redditch | ||
| Stephen Doughty MP | Labour | Cardiff South and Penarth | ||
| Nia Griffith MP | Labour | Llanelli | ||
| Sian James MP | Labour | Swansea East | ||
| Jessica Morden MP | Labour | Newport East | ||
| Jonathan Edwards MP | Plaid Cymru | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | ||
| Mark Williams MP | Liberal Democrat | Ceredigion | ||
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.
At the start of the 2005–2010 Parliament, the committee's membership was:[12]
| Member | Party | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Hywel Francis MP (Chair) | Labour | Aberavon | ||
| Stephen Crabb MP | Conservative | Preseli Pembrokeshire | ||
| David Davies MP | Conservative | Monmouth | ||
| Nia Griffith MP | Labour | Llanelli | ||
| Sian James MP | Labour | Swansea East | ||
| David Jones MP | Conservative | Clwyd West | ||
| Martyn Jones MP | Labour | Clwyd South | ||
| Madeleine Moon MP | Labour | Bridgend | ||
| Betty Williams MP | Labour | Conwy | ||
| Mark Williams MP | Liberal Democrat | Ceredigion | ||
| Hywel Williams MP | Plaid Cymru | Caernarfon | ||
Changes between 2005 and 2010 are not known.
| Member | Party | Constituency | From | Until | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pontypool | 25 January 1980 | 20 November 1981[13] | ||
| Labour | Swansea East | 20 November 1981 | 13 May 1983 | ||
| Labour | Gower | 9 June 1983 | 21 March 1997 | ||
| Labour | Clwyd South | 14 July 1997 | 13 July 2005 | ||
| Labour | Aberavon | 13 July 2005 | 6 May 2010 | ||
| David Davies | Conservative | Monmouth | 10 June 2010 | 6 November 2019 | |
| Conservative | Preseli Pembrokeshire | 28 January 2020 | 30 May 2024 | ||
| tbc | Labour[14] | 2024 | |||