Joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom explained

A joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, formed to examine a particular issue, whose members are drawn from both the House of Commons and House of Lords. It is a type of Parliamentary committee of the United Kingdom.

Permanent joint select committees

Three permanent joint select committees meet regularly:^[1]

• Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy
• Joint Committee on Human Rights
• Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments

Two committees meet as required to scrutinize bills that seek to consolidate existing statutes or to simplify the language of tax laws:

• Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills
• Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills

Temporary joint select committees

Temporary Joint Select committees are formed to consider either a specific topic or a proposed law (Bill) that requires particular scrutiny.^[2]

Former committees have considered the following specific topics:^[3]

• Parliamentary Privilege (July 1997 to April 1999)
• House of Lords Reform (July 2002 to May 2003)
• Conventions on the relationship between the two Houses of Parliament (May to November 2006)
• Privacy and Injunctions (July 2011 to March 2012)
• Banking Standards (July 2012 to July 2013)
• Parliamentary Privilege (December 2012 to June 2013)
• Palace of Westminster (July 2015 to September 2016)

Other joint committees

There are two statutory committees whose membership is formed from both the Commons and the Lords:

• Ecclesiastical Committee
• Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament

In addition, a joint committee advises on the security of the Parliamentary Estate:

• Joint Committee on Security

See also

• Joint committee (legislative)
• List of joint committees (UK local government)
• Parliament of the United Kingdom

External links

• Records of the Joint Committees are kept at the Parliamentary Archives

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joint Committees. UK Parliament. English. 2019-03-12.
2. Web site: Joint Select Committees. UK Parliament. English. 2019-03-12.
3. Web site: Former Joint Select Committees. UK Parliament. English. 2019-03-12.