The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (formerly the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee) is a
select committee Select committee may refer to:
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of the
House of Commons
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in the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. The remit of the committee is to examine the work, the expenditure, administration and policies of the
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), formerly the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for housing, communities, local government i ...
(DLUHC) and its associated public bodies.
Membership
As of August 2022, the membership of the committee is as follows:
Source
Membership - Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Changes since 2019
2017-2019 Parliament
The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.
Changes 2017-2019
2015-2017 Parliament
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 13 July 2015.
Changes 2015-2017
2010-2015 Parliament
The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.
Changes 2010-2015
Chair of the Select Committee
Election results
From June 2010 chairs of select committees have been directly elected by a secret ballot of the whole House of Commons using the
alternative vote
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system. Candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated and their votes redistributed until one remaining candidate has more than half of valid votes. Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.
See also
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Levelling-up policy of the Boris Johnson government
"Levelling up" is a political policy first articulated in the 2019 Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party manifesto that aims to reduce the imbalances, primarily economic, between areas and social groups across the United Kingdom. It seeks t ...
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Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom
The parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom are committees of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Each consists of a small number of Members of Parliament from the House of Commons, or peers from the House of Lords, or a mix of both, ap ...
References
External links
Records for this Committee are held at the Parliamentary ArchivesLevelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
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Select Committees of the British House of Commons