Who is the new Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee?

Mr Hoare was this week elected to the position following a secret ballot of MPs. He replaces Andrew Murrison MP, who was recently appointed as a Minister of State at the Foreign Office.

Mr Hoare was elected as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament for North Dorset at the 2015 General Election. Before entering Parliament, Mr Hoare worked as a public relations and lobbying consultant.

His past positions in the House of Commons has included being a member of the Regulatory Reform Committee, and most notably the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Home Secretary Sajid Javid, a position he has resigned from to take up office at the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

Mr Hoare endorsed a Remain vote prior to the 2016 EU membership referendum.

The current work of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee includes inquiries into welfare policy in NI, tourism in NI and implications of the EU Withdrawal Agreement and the Backstop to NI. To find out more about the role, functions and membership of the Committee, click here.