Work and Pensions Committee
Select Committee Announcement
9 September 2010
For Immediate Release:
AN05 2010–11
ORAL EVIDENCE
Work of the Department for Work and Pensions
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Wednesday 15 September 2010, Room 15, Committee Corridor
At 9.30am
Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Sir Leigh Lewis, Permanent Secretary, DWP
The Work and Pensions Committee will hold its first oral evidence session on 15 September with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. It is intended to be a broad-ranging session and will cover the range of policy changes and reviews announced by the Coalition Government which affect benefits and pensions.
Further information
Committee membership: Miss Anne Begg MP (Chair) (Lab, Aberdeen South), Harriett Baldwin MP (Con, West Worcestershire) Karen Bradley MP (Con, Staffordshire Moorlands), Ms Karen Buck MP (Lab, Westminster North), Margaret Curran MP (Lab, Glasgow East), Richard Graham MP (Con, Gloucester) Kate Green MP (Lab, Stretford and Urmston), Mr Oliver Heald MP (Con, North East Hertfordshire), Sajid Javid MP, (Con, Bromsgrove), Stephen Lloyd MP (Lib Dem, Eastbourne), Shabana Mahmood MP (Lab, Birmingham, Ladywood)
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