Joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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A joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is a legislative joint committee formed to examine a particular issue, whose members are drawn from both the House of Commons and House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a type of Parliamentary committee of the United Kingdom.
Permanent joint select committees
Three permanent joint select committees meet regularly:{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/committees/joint/|title=Joint Committees|website=UK Parliament|language=English|access-date=2019-03-12}}
- 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:
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/joint-select/|title=Joint Select Committees|website=UK Parliament|language=English|access-date=2019-03-12}}
Former committees have considered the following specific topics:{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/former-committees/joint-select/|title=Former Joint Select Committees|website=UK Parliament|language=English|access-date=2019-03-12}}
- 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:
In addition, a joint committee advises on the security of the Parliamentary Estate:
- Joint Committee on Security
See also
External links
- [https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_HC_CL_JT Records of the Joint Committees are kept at the Parliamentary Archives]