Ministerial committee explained

A ministerial committee is a committee consisting of ministers of various government portfolios.

A joint ministerial committee usually refers to committee consisting of ministers from different governments.

Australia

The term is used in both federal and state governments of Australia.

Examples

• Federal government
  • Ministerial Committee Inquiry into The Portrayal of Violence in the Electronic Media, May 1996 – July 1996 http://libertus.net/censor/censpolicy.html#MinCom
  • Ministerial Committee to Oversight Implementation of Backing Australia's Ability (MCOIBAA) https://web.archive.org/web/20070202161312/http://backingaus.innovation.gov.au/2001/statement/index.htm, later named "Science and Innovation Committee" but still referred to as a Ministerial committee https://web.archive.org/web/20070722232853/http://backingaus.innovation.gov.au/reports/02_03/sect4.rtf
• New South Wales
  • Ministerial Committee of Inquiry into impotency treatment services https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030624140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36112/20030625/www.hccc.nsw.gov.au/hccc/pdf/impotency_report.pdf
• Northern Territory
  • Ministerial Standing Committee on Crime Prevention https://web.archive.org/web/20070321160624/http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/ocp/graphpages/mincomm.shtml
• Western Australia
  • Commercial Passenger Vessel Advisory Committee (CPVAC) https://web.archive.org/web/20060913191306/http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/imarine/14272.asp
  • Ministerial Committee on Lesbian and Gay Law Reform http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v8n4/kendall84.html

Joint ministerial committees

• Singapore–Australia Joint Ministerial Committee (SAJMC) https://web.archive.org/web/20060919081602/http://www.dfat.gov.au/media/speeches/trade/2001/mvt012_01.html
• Australia–Japan Ministerial Committee (AJMC) https://web.archive.org/web/20050719202802/http://www.whitlam.org/collection/1973/19731030_Aus_japan_communique/

United Kingdom

An Interministerial Standing Committee exists in the UK as a committee of ministers and members of devolved administrations. It is not an executive body and cannot bind any of its participants.^[1]

See also

• Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy (Finland)
• Ministerial council (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Devolution: memorandum of understanding and supplementary agreement . gov.uk . 2012-10-01 . 2017-03-23.