The Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills (commonly known as Consolidation Bills Committee) is a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Committee was first established in 1894 with a remit to consider consolidation bills.[1] [2] The Committee, which also considers Statute Law Revision Bills and bills prepared by the Law Commission or Scottish Law Commission to repeal outdated laws,[3] is made up of 12 members of each House. Bills considered by the Committee originate in the Lords and are referred to it after second reading. After the Committee reports, the remaining stages in both Houses proceed formally (i.e., without debate).[4]
As of May 2022, the members of the committee are as follows:[5]
| House of Commons | House of Lords | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MP | Party | Constituency | Peer | Party | |||
| Duncan Baker | Conservative | North Norfolk | Crossbench | ||||
| Simon Baynes | Conservative | Clwyd South | Baroness Andrews | Labour | |||
| Richard Burgon | Labour | Leeds East | Viscount Bridgeman | Conservative | |||
| Elliot Colburn | Conservative | Carshalton and Wallington | Baroness D'Souza | Crossbench | |||
| Maria Eagle | Labour | Garston and Halewood | Lord Eames | Crossbench | |||
| Simon Jupp | Conservative | East Devon | Viscount Eccles | Conservative | |||
| Christina Rees | Labour | Neath | Viscount Hanworth | Labour | |||
| Andy Slaughter | Labour | Hammersmith | Baroness Mallalieu | Labour | |||
| Jane Stevenson | Conservative | Lord Razzall | |||||
| Julian Sturdy | Conservative | York Outer | Lord Rowlands | Labour | |||
| Midlothian | Baroness Seccombe | Conservative | |||||
| Suzanne Webb | Conservative | Stourbridge | Baroness Thomas of Winchester | Liberal Democrat | |||