Liaison Committee

Rt Hon
Alan Williams MP (Chairman)

Welcome to the Liaison Committee's website.

The Liaison Committee is chaired by Rt Hon Alan Williams (Labour, Swansea West) and includes the 32 Chairmen of select committees.

It is appointed to consider general matters relating to the work of select committees; to advise the House of Commons Commission on select committees; to choose select committee reports for debate in the House and, by a decision of the House on 14 May 2002, to hear evidence from the Prime Minister on matters of public policy.

The powers of the Committee are set out in House of Commons Standing Order No. 145

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Latest news

• The Government Response to the Committee's report Financial Scrutiny: Parliamentary Control over Government Budgets was published on 2 November 2009.

• The Committee  took evidence from the Prime Minister on Thursday 16 July. A transcript of the evidence is available.

• The Liaison Committee published its report Financial Scrutiny: Parliamentray Control over Government Budgets on 3 July 2009.

• The Government Response to the Committee's report The work of committees in Session 2007-08 was published on 1 July 2009.

• The Liaison Committee published its report The work of the committees in Session 2007-08 on 11 March 2009.