Culture, Media and Sport Committee appointed

The House of Commons has formally appointed the membership of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

Dame Caroline Dinenage (Conservative) was elected unopposed as chair of the committee by all members of the House of Commons in September.

The individual members are: Bayo Alaba (Labour) Mims Davies (Conservative), Zöe Franklin (Liberal Democrat), James Frith (Labour), Dr Rupa Huq (Labour), Natasha Irons (Labour), Liz Jarvis (Liberal Democrat), Jo Platt (Labour), Tom Rutland (Labour) and Paul Waugh (Labour).

Party seat allocations across and within committees is proportionate to the number of MPs elected to the House of Commons at the general election, with the precise number negotiated between the party whips through the Committee of Selection.

Each party has its own internal processes for naming its nominations to fill its seats on committees. Individual nominees put forward by political parties were agreed in the House of Commons, following a Committee of Selection meeting. Some committees still carry one or two vacancies.

Details of meetings and the Committee’s forward programme – including those related to sport and physical activity – will be announced in due course.