House of Commons - Appointment of Chair, Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission

Education Committee - Second Report
Appointment of Chair, Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 10 July 2012.

Contents

Terms of Reference

1 Background to the hearing

Pre-appointment hearings

Chair, Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission

2 The post

3 The candidate

The candidate's background

Lines of questioning

The Committee's views on the suitability of the candidate

Appendix 1: Letters to the Committee from Sarah Teather MP, Minister of State for Children and Families

Appendix 2: Memorandum by the Department for Education, Department for Work and Pensions and the Cabinet Office

Appendix 3: Alan Milburn's CV

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of Reports from the Committee during the last Parliament

Oral Evidence

Tuesday 10 July 2012: Alan Milburn, preferred candidate for Chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission