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The Health Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the policy, administration and expenditure, of the [[Department of Health]] and its associated bodies.
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<ref>House of Commons [http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/health-committee/ Commons Select Committee: Health Committee],accessed 3 November 2010. </ref>
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==Membership==
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====2015====
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Dr [[Sarah Wollaston]], Conservative | [[Rosie Cooper]], Labour | [[Andrew George]], Conservative | [[Robert Jenrick]], Conservative | [[Barbara Keeley]], Labour | [[Charlotte Leslie]], Conservative | [[Grahame M. Morris]], Labour | [[Andrew Percy]]  | [[Viendra Sharma]] | [[David Tredinnick]], Conservative | [[Valerie Vaz]], Labour <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Health/Attendance-21-Jan-2015.pdf Health Committee] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 8 April 2015 </ref> [[Ben Bradshaw]], Labour | [[Julie Cooper]], Labour | [[Emma Reynolds]], Labour <ref>[https://www.civilserviceworld.com/articles/analysis/arrivals-moves-departures-latest-appointments-civil-service-politics-and-public-1 Dods people, 'Arrivals, moves, departures'], ''Civil Service World'', accessed 3 November 2015</ref>
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====2010====
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On 9 June 2010 [[Stephen Dorrell]] MP was elected Chair of the Health Committee. Ten more members were appointed on 12 July. On 2 November [[Fiona Mactaggart]] was discharged from the Committee and [[Fiona Fovargue]] appointed. <ref>House of Commons, [http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/health-committee/membership/ Health Committee – membership], accessed 4 November 2010. </ref>
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*[[Stephen Dorrell]] (Chair) Conservative
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*[[Rosie Cooper]] Labour
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*[[Nadine Dorries]] Conservative
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*[[Yvonne Fovargue]] Labour
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*[[Andrew George]] Liberal Democrat
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*[[Grahame Morris]] Labour
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*[[Virendra Sharma]] Labour
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*[[Chris Skidmore]] Conservative
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*[[David Tredinnick]] Conservative
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*[[Valerie Vaz]] Labour
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*Dr [[Sarah Wollaston]] Conservative
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==Obesity Inquiry==
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In 2003-2004 a Health [[Select committee]] was established to undertake an inquiry into obesity.
 
In 2003-2004 a Health [[Select committee]] was established to undertake an inquiry into obesity.
  
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* [[Sandra Gidley]] MP (Liberal Democrat, Romsey) Patron of [[The Obesity Awareness and Solutions Trust]]
 
* [[Sandra Gidley]] MP (Liberal Democrat, Romsey) Patron of [[The Obesity Awareness and Solutions Trust]]
  
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=== Special Advisers ===
  
== Special Advisors ==
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The special advisers to the inquiry on obesity were:
 
 
 
 
The special advisors to the inquiry on obesity were:
 
 
<ref> http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmhealth/23/23.pdf House of Commons Health Committee Third Report Session 2003-2004, 27 May 2004,accessed 4 December 2007</ref>  
 
<ref> http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmhealth/23/23.pdf House of Commons Health Committee Third Report Session 2003-2004, 27 May 2004,accessed 4 December 2007</ref>  
  
 
* Dr [[Laurel Devina Edmunds]], Senior Researcher for the [[Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children]], University of Bristol. Director of [[The Obesity Awareness and Solutions Trust]]
 
* Dr [[Laurel Devina Edmunds]], Senior Researcher for the [[Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children]], University of Bristol. Director of [[The Obesity Awareness and Solutions Trust]]
* Professor [[Ken Fox]], Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Bristol.
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* Professor [[Ken Fox]], Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Bristol. Scientific Governor and Trustee of the [[British Nutrition Foundation]]. Member of [[Department of Health]] Scientific Advisory Panel for Social Marketing in Childhood Obesity Project, 2006-7.  Senior Scientific Editor of the recent Chief Medical Officer's first report on physical activity and public health.  Served for 12 years on the [[Association for the Study of Obesity]] Executive Committee. Served on the [[Foresight Scientific Advisory Panel for  Obesity]]<ref> [http://www.bristol.ac.uk/enhs/people/ken-fox.html Ken Fox] accessed 10 December 2007 </ref> Was member of expert group alongside [[Carolyn Summerbell]] and [[Susan Jebb]], which in March 2007, produced Department of Health commissioned report on obesity issues. <ref> MRD Human Research Nutrition, Cambridge; Department of Health [http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_073044 The healthy living social marketing initiative: a review of the evidence] 12 March 2007, accessed 12 December </ref>
Scientific Governor and Trustee of the [[British Nutrition Foundation]]. Member of [[Department of Health]] Scientific Advisory Panel for Social Marketing in Childhood Obesity Project, 2006-7.  Senior Scientific Editor of the recent Chief Medical Officer's first report on physical activity and public health.  Served for 12 years on the [[Association for the Study of Obesity]] Executive Committee. Served on the [[Foresight Scientific Advisory Panel for  Obesity]]<ref> [http://www.bristol.ac.uk/enhs/people/ken-fox.html Ken Fox] accessed 10 December 2007 </ref> Was member of expert group alongside [[Carolyn Summerbell]] and [[Susan Jebb]], which in March 2007, produced Department of Health commissioned report on obesity issues. <ref> MRD Human Research Nutrition, Cambridge; Department of Health [http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_073044 The healthy living social marketing initiative: a review of the evidence] 12 March 2007, accessed 12 December </ref>
 
 
* Professor [[Gerard Hastings]], former Director, Centre for Social Marketing and Centre for Tobacco Control Research, University of Strathclyde. Director of the Institute of Social Marketing, University of Stirling. Has acted as a Temporary Advisor to the [[World Health Organization]] on tobacco and alcohol marketing. Special Advisor to the House of Commons Health Select Committee during their enquiries into the tobacco and food industries.  He provides regular guidance on social and critical marketing to the Scottish, UK and European Parliaments. He has also acted as an expert witness in litigation against the tobacco industry.<ref>
 
* Professor [[Gerard Hastings]], former Director, Centre for Social Marketing and Centre for Tobacco Control Research, University of Strathclyde. Director of the Institute of Social Marketing, University of Stirling. Has acted as a Temporary Advisor to the [[World Health Organization]] on tobacco and alcohol marketing. Special Advisor to the House of Commons Health Select Committee during their enquiries into the tobacco and food industries.  He provides regular guidance on social and critical marketing to the Scottish, UK and European Parliaments. He has also acted as an expert witness in litigation against the tobacco industry.<ref>
 
http://www.ism.stir.ac.uk/Gerard_Hastings.htm Institute for Social Marketing accessed 12 December 2007 </ref>
 
http://www.ism.stir.ac.uk/Gerard_Hastings.htm Institute for Social Marketing accessed 12 December 2007 </ref>
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* [[Liz Powell-Bullock]]
 
* [[Liz Powell-Bullock]]
 
* [[Adriana Rodriguez]]
 
* [[Adriana Rodriguez]]
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==Resources==
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See: [[The Corporate Capture of the NHS]]
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*Tamasin Cave, [http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/lobbying/item/5759-the-privatising-cabal-at-the-heart-of-our-nhs The privatising cabal at the heart of our NHS] ''Spinwatch'', 1 April 2015.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

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The Health Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the policy, administration and expenditure, of the Department of Health and its associated bodies. [1]

Membership

2015

Dr Sarah Wollaston, Conservative | Rosie Cooper, Labour | Andrew George, Conservative | Robert Jenrick, Conservative | Barbara Keeley, Labour | Charlotte Leslie, Conservative | Grahame M. Morris, Labour | Andrew Percy | Viendra Sharma | David Tredinnick, Conservative | Valerie Vaz, Labour [2] Ben Bradshaw, Labour | Julie Cooper, Labour | Emma Reynolds, Labour [3]

2010

On 9 June 2010 Stephen Dorrell MP was elected Chair of the Health Committee. Ten more members were appointed on 12 July. On 2 November Fiona Mactaggart was discharged from the Committee and Fiona Fovargue appointed. [4]

Obesity Inquiry

In 2003-2004 a Health Select committee was established to undertake an inquiry into obesity.

The MPs sitting on the committee at that time were:

Special Advisers

The special advisers to the inquiry on obesity were: [5]


Supplementary research was provided by:

Resources

See: The Corporate Capture of the NHS

Notes

  1. House of Commons Commons Select Committee: Health Committee,accessed 3 November 2010.
  2. Health Committee www.parliament.uk, accessed 8 April 2015
  3. Dods people, 'Arrivals, moves, departures', Civil Service World, accessed 3 November 2015
  4. House of Commons, Health Committee – membership, accessed 4 November 2010.
  5. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmhealth/23/23.pdf House of Commons Health Committee Third Report Session 2003-2004, 27 May 2004,accessed 4 December 2007
  6. Ken Fox accessed 10 December 2007
  7. MRD Human Research Nutrition, Cambridge; Department of Health The healthy living social marketing initiative: a review of the evidence 12 March 2007, accessed 12 December
  8. http://www.ism.stir.ac.uk/Gerard_Hastings.htm Institute for Social Marketing accessed 12 December 2007
  9. http://www.foodlaw.rdg.ac.uk/uk/AGENCY1A.HTM#1 Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Reading Website accessed 10 December 2007
  10. http://archive.food.gov.uk/maff/archive/food/james/cont.htm FSA Website accessed 10 December 2007
  11. House of Commons House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Minutes 8 March 1999, accessed 12 December 2007
  12. http://www.city.ac.uk/hmfp/foodpolicy/about/timlang.html City University Staff Website accessed 10 December 2007