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| MPs elect Hilary Benn to chair Brexit select committee | MPs elect Hilary Benn to chair Brexit select committee |
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| MPs have elected Labour’s Hilary Benn to chair the exiting the European Union select committee and Yvette Cooper to chair the home affairs select committee, the Speaker, John Bercow, has announced. | MPs have elected Labour’s Hilary Benn to chair the exiting the European Union select committee and Yvette Cooper to chair the home affairs select committee, the Speaker, John Bercow, has announced. |
| Benn, who campaigned vigorously for remaining in the EU, was in the running for the role against prominent leave campaigner Kate Hoey. Only Labour MPs were eligible to stand for the position of the committee chair, which scrutinises David Davis’s department. | |
| There were four Labour MPs competing to replace Keith Vaz as chair of the home affairs select committee: Cooper, Chuka Umunna, Caroline Flint and Paul Flynn. | There were four Labour MPs competing to replace Keith Vaz as chair of the home affairs select committee: Cooper, Chuka Umunna, Caroline Flint and Paul Flynn. |