The 11 MPs who will sit on the new education committee have been confirmed.
The parliamentary committee consists of seven Labour MPs, two Conservatives, and two Liberal Democrats. The two Conservative MP's are Patrick Spencer and Dr. Caroline Johnson.
It will be chaired by a Labour MP, the former shadow children’s minister who was elected to the position in September.
The committee plays a key role in holding the Department for Education and its executive agencies and arms-length bodies to account.
It has the power to compel senior figures such as ministers and the chief inspector of Ofsted, as well as civil servants to give evidence.
Each party has its own internal processes for choosing its allocation of seats, which are proportionate to the number of MPs elected to the House of Commons at the last general election.
Details of the committee’s meetings will be announced in due course, but the chair has said SEND reform, child poverty, the school curriculum, and a fit-for-purpose skills system are on the agenda.
