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Business and Trade Select Committee

UK House of Commons select committee

Summary

UK House of Commons select committee

The Business and Trade Select 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 Department for Business and Trade, and any departmental bodies.

The committee came into existence as the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee on 1 October 2009, replacing the Business and Enterprise Select Committee, which was dissolved on 30 September 2009. The House of Commons agreed to the committee's establishment on 25 June 2009, following Prime Minister Gordon Brown's replacement of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on 5 June 2009. Following the merger of the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in July 2016, the name of the committee was changed to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee in October 2016 to reflect the name of the new department.

Membership

Members are as follows:

Member	Constituency
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Liam Byrne MP (chair)	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Dan Aldridge MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Antonia Bance MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	John Cooper MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Sarah Edwards MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Alison Griffiths MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Sonia Kumar MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Justin Madders MP	Labour
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Charlie Maynard MP	Lib Dems
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Joshua Reynolds MP	Lib Dems
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Matt Western MP	Labour

Changes since 2024

Date	Outgoing Member
& Party	Constituency	→	New Member
& Party	Constituency	Source
27 October 2025	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Gregor Poynton MP (Labour)	Livingston	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Dan Aldridge MP (Labour)
Rosie Wrighting MP (Labour)	Kettering	Justin Madders MP (Labour)	Ellesmere Port and Bromborough

2019–2024 Parliament

The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.

Member	Constituency
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Rachel Reeves MP (chair)	Labour
Scottish National Party}}"	Alan Brown MP	SNP
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Richard Fuller MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Nus Ghani MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	John Howell MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Mark Jenkinson MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Peter Kyle MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Pat McFadden MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Anna McMorrin MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Mark Pawsey MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Alexander Stafford MP	Conservative

Changes 2019–2024

Date	Outgoing Member
& Party	Constituency	→	New Member
& Party	Constituency	Source
9 March 2020	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		John Howell MP (Conservative)	Henley	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Paul Howell MP (Conservative)
7 April 2020	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Rachel Reeves MP (chair, Labour)	Leeds West	→	Vacant
6 May 2020	Vacant	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Darren Jones MP (chair, Labour)	Bristol North West	Hansard
11 May 2020	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Peter Kyle MP (Labour)	Hove	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Judith Cummins MP (Labour)
Pat McFadden MP (Labour)	Wolverhampton South East	Ruth Jones MP (Labour)	Newport West
Anna McMorrin MP (Labour)	Cardiff North	Charlotte Nichols MP (Labour)	Warrington North
21 September 2020	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Ruth Jones MP (Labour)	Newport West	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Zarah Sultana MP (Labour)
22 February 2021	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Zarah Sultana MP (Labour)	Coventry South	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Sarah Owen MP (Labour)
5 January 2022	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Judith Cummins MP (Labour)	Bradford South	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour)
Sarah Owen MP (Labour)	Luton North	Andy McDonald MP (Labour)	Middlesbrough
25 October 2022	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Richard Fuller MP (Conservative)	North East Bedfordshire	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Bim Afolami MP (Conservative)
Nusrat Ghani MP (Conservative)	Wealden	Jonathan Djanogly MP (Conservative)	Huntingdon
Paul Howell MP (Conservative)	Sedgefield	Ruth Edwards MP (Conservative)	Rushcliffe
Mark Jenkinson MP (Conservative)	Workington	Robert Largan MP (Conservative)	High Peak
1 November 2022	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Jonathan Djanogly MP (Conservative)	Huntingdon	→	Vacant	Hansard
Robert Largan MP (Conservative)	High Peak
8 November 2022	Vacant	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Mark Jenkinson MP (Conservative)	Workington	Hansard
21 November 2022	Vacant	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Jane Hunt MP (Conservative)	Loughborough	Hansard
29 November 2022	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour)	Gower	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Ian Lavery MP (Labour)
12 June 2023	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Ruth Edwards MP (Conservative)	Rushcliffe	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Jonathan Gullis MP (Conservative)
Mark Jenkinson MP (Conservative)	Workington	Antony Higginbotham MP (Conservative)	Burnley
Alexander Stafford MP (Conservative)	Rother Valley	Anthony Mangnall MP (Conservative)	Totnes
4 September 2023	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Darren Jones MP (chair, Labour)	Bristol North West	→	Vacant	Hansard
12 September 2023	Scottish National Party}}"		Alan Brown MP (SNP)	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	→	Scottish National Party}}"		Douglas Chapman MP (SNP)
18 October 2023	Vacant	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Liam Byrne MP (chair, Labour)	Birmingham Hodge Hill	Hansard
11 December 2023	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Bim Afolami MP (Conservative)	Hitchin and Harpenden	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Julie Marson MP (Conservative)

2017–2019

The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.

Member	Constituency
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Rachel Reeves MP (chair)	Labour
Scottish National Party}}"	Drew Hendry MP	SNP
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Stephen Kerr MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Peter Kyle MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Ian Liddell-Grainger MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Rachel Maclean MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Albert Owen MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Mark Pawsey MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Antoinette Sandbach MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Anna Turley MP	Labour and Co-op

Changes 2017–2019

Date	Outgoing Member
& Party	Constituency	→	New Member
& Party	Constituency	Source
16 October 2017	New seat	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Vernon Coaker MP (Labour)	Gedling	Hansard
18 June 2018	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Rachel Maclean MP (Conservative)	Redditch	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Patrick McLoughlin MP (Conservative)

Previous changes

Occasionally, the House of Commons ordered changes to be made in terms of membership of the select committee, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.

Date	Outgoing member
and party	Constituency	→	New member
and party	Constituency	Source
2 November 2010	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Nicky Morgan MP (Conservative)	Loughborough	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Simon Kirby MP (Conservative)
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Luciana Berger MP (Labour)	Liverpool Wavertree	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Paul Blomfield MP (Labour)	Sheffield Central
Jack Dromey MP (Labour)	Birmingham Erdington	Katy Clark MP (Labour)	North Ayrshire and Arran
Chi Onwurah MP (Labour)	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Gregg McClymont MP (Labour)	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and
Kirkintilloch East
Rachel Reeves MP (Labour)	Leeds West	Ian Murray MP (Labour)	Edinburgh South
21 March 2011	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Gregg McClymont MP (Labour)	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and
Kirkintilloch East	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Dan Jarvis MP (Labour)
24 October 2011	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Dan Jarvis MP (Labour)	Barnsley Central	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Julie Elliott MP (Labour)
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Ian Murray MP (Labour)	Edinburgh South	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Ann McKechin MP (Labour)	Glasgow North
16 July 2012	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		David Ward MP (Liberal Democrat)	Bradford East	→	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		Mike Crockart MP (Liberal Democrat)
5 November 2012	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Margot James MP (Conservative)	Stourbridge	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Caroline Dinenage MP (Conservative)
Simon Kirby MP (Conservative)	Brighton Kemptown	Robin Walker MP (Conservative)	Worcester

Notable reports

In July 2022, the committee published its report "Energy pricing and the future of the energy market" which examined the turmoil in retail energy arising from unusually high wholesale gas prices, leading to the collapse of several suppliers and the need for government support of Bulb Energy. The committee found that the industry regulator Ofgem had been incompetent in its supervision of the finances of supplier companies, and that the government overlooked this lack of supervision because it prioritised competition over market regulation. The report also criticised Ofgem's design of the energy price cap, recommending that the government consider introducing a social tariff; stated that the government's May 2022 support package for customers was no longer sufficient; and criticised the absence of a home insulation programme.

In response, Ofgem accepted that its previous financial resilience regime was not sufficiently robust, and had contributed to some of the supplier failures since August 2021.

References

[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090625/debtext/90625-0011.htm#09062552000004 Hansard – 25 June 2009: Standing Orders etc. (Machinery of Government Changes)]
"Membership – Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee".
. (31 October 2024). ["Business and Trade Committee Membership"](https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/365/business-and-trade-committee/membership/). *Business and Trade Committee*.
(27 January 2020). "Speaker’s Statement: Select Committee Chairs".
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(2022-07-26). "Cost-of-living payments branded insufficient as energy bills soar". BBC News.
(26 July 2022). "Ofgem statement on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee's report on energy pricing and the future of the energy market".

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