Select Committee on Statutory Instruments

{{Short description|Select committee of the UK House of Commons}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Primary sources|date=July 2007}}

The Select Committee on Statutory Instruments is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to scrutinise statutory instruments made in exercise of powers granted by Act of Parliament where the instrument has been laid before the House of Commons only. The committee's responsibilities are those the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments has with respect to instruments laid before both Houses, and its members are the Commons members of the joint committee.

Membership

=2024–present Parliament=

Membership of the committee is as follows:{{cite web|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/149/statutory-instruments-select-committee/membership/|title=Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)|work=UK Parliament|access-date=31 October 2024}}

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! width="160px" colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

! width="160px" valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Bernard Jenkin MP (Chair)

| Conservative

| Harwich and North Essex

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Lewis Atkinson MP

| Labour

| Sunderland Central

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Helena Dollimore MP

| Labour

| Hastings and Rye

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Charlie Maynard MP

| Liberal Democrats

| Witney

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Andrew Pakes MP

| Labour

| Peterborough

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| David Pinto-Duschinsky MP

| Labour

| Hendon

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Gareth Snell MP

| Labour

| Stoke-on-Trent Central

=Changes since 2024=

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& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

nowrap | 3 March 2025

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Mark Ferguson MP (Labour)

| Gateshead Central and Whickham

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Rachel Blake MP (Labour)

| Cities of London and Westminster

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-03-03/debates/7E00B6BF-A70B-4393-B669-8AEBE8AD01F7/StatutoryInstruments(JointCommittee) Hansard]

nowrap | 3 March 2025

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Claire Hughes MP (Labour)

| Bangor Aberconwy

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| David Pinto-Duschinsky MP (Labour)

| Hendon

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-03-03/debates/7E00B6BF-A70B-4393-B669-8AEBE8AD01F7/StatutoryInstruments(JointCommittee) Hansard]

nowrap | 10 March 2025

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Julie Minns MP (Labour)

| Carlisle

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Andrew Pakes MP (Labour)

| Peterborough

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-03-10/debates/4FB14409-78A8-4925-BC23-D410CF99F874/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

nowrap | 10 March 2025

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Gordon McKee MP (Labour)

| Glasgow South

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Gareth Snell MP (Labour)

| Stoke-on-Trent Central

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-03-10/debates/4FB14409-78A8-4925-BC23-D410CF99F874/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

nowrap | 2 June 2025

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Rachel Blake MP (Labour)

| Cities of London and Westminster

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Helena Dollimore MP (Labour)

| Hastings and Rye

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-06-02/debates/8930A5C4-9BE5-4F52-89D8-4E8DA088ED77/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

=2021−2023 Parliament=

As of January 2023, the members of the committee are as follows:

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! Member

! colspan=2 | Party

! Constituency

{{nobr|Jessica Morden (Chair)}}

| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}

Labour

| {{center|Newport East (UK Parliament constituency)}}

Peter Grant

| {{party color cell|Scottish National Party}}

{{nobr|Scottish National Party}}

| {{center|Glenrothes}}

Paul Holmes

| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}}

Conservative

| {{center|Eastleigh}}

Gareth Johnson

| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}}

Conservative

| {{center|Dartford}}

Damien Moore

| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}}

Conservative

| {{center|Southport}}

Maggie Throup

| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}}

Conservative

| {{center|Erewash}}

Liz Twist

| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}

Labour

| {{center|Blaydon}}

=2019−2021 Parliament=

As of May 2021, the members of the committee were as follows:

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! valign="top" | Member

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

Jessica Morden (Chair)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Labour

| Newport East

James Davies

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Conservative

|Vale of Clwyd

Paul Holmes

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Conservative

|Eastleigh

John Lamont

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Conservative

|Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

Robert Syms

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Conservative

|Poole

Richard Thomson

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

| {{nobr|Scottish National Party}}

|Gordon

Liz Twist

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Labour

|Blaydon

Changes since 2019

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& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

2 March 2020

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Eddie Hughes MP (Conservative)

| Walsall North

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Paul Holmes MP (Conservative)

| Eastleigh

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-03-02/debates/8B6DDBB3-CECD-4960-99B3-C2DF8913083F/Committees Hansard]

25 May 2021

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

| Owen Thompson MP (SNP)

| Midlothian

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

| Richard Thomson MP (SNP)

| Gordon

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-05-25/debates/61EF060B-6C60-4D72-8CEB-0D0F6256107E/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

=2017−2019 Parliament=

Members were announced on 30 October 2017.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-10-30/debates/EA255366-3375-47AB-8147-0C2255BE953A/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=30 October 2017 |volume= 630}}

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! valign="top" | Member

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

Dan Carden

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Labour

| style="text-align:center"|Liverpool Walton

Vicky Foxcroft

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Labour

| style="text-align:center"|Lewisham Deptford

Patrick Grady

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

| SNP

| style="text-align:center"|Glasgow North

John Lamont

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Conservative

| style="text-align:center"|Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Lee Rowley

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Conservative

| style="text-align:center"|North East Derbyshire

Robert Syms

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Conservative

| style="text-align:center"|Poole

Derek Twigg

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Labour

| style="text-align:center"|Halton

Changes 2017−2019

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23 April 2018

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Lee Rowley MP (Conservative)

| North East Derbyshire

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Julia Lopez MP (Conservative)

| Hornchurch and Upminster

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-04-23/debates/73D1838B-4FF9-495E-AA97-F347FAC4F34A/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

5 November 2018

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Derek Twigg MP (Labour)

| Halton

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Jessica Morden MP (Labour)

| Newport East

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-11-05/debates/BE2756F0-8003-4244-B050-BF4A4CB456AD/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

29 April 2019

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Dan Carden MP (Labour)

| Liverpool Walton

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Susan Elan Jones MP (Labour)

| Clwyd South

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-04-29/debates/8E9F8274-018E-4C12-8B9B-0CCA0EF90938/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

8 October 2019

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Julia Lopez MP (Conservative)

| Hornchurch and Upminster

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Maria Caulfield MP (Conservative)

| Lewes

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-10-08/debates/C5F596E8-A7C2-4AD8-B133-45C39F33DB91/JointCommitteeOnStatutoryInstruments Hansard]

=2015−2017 Parliament=

Members were announced on 13 July 2015.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-07-13/debates/1507144000002/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=13 July 2015 |volume= 598 }}

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! valign="top" | Member

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

Tom Blenkinsop

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Labour

| style="text-align:center"|Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

Michael Ellis

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Conservative

| style="text-align:center"|Eastleigh

Stephen Hammond

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Conservative

| style="text-align:center"|Wimbledon

Derek Twigg

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Labour

| style="text-align:center"|Halton

Changes 2015−2017

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& Party

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! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
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! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

20 July 2015

| colspan=3 | New seat

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Ian Liddell-Grainger MP (Conservative)

| Bridgwater and West Somerset

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-07-20/debates/15072019000003/Committees Hansard]

2 November 2015

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Michael Ellis MP (Conservative)

| Eastleigh

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Victoria Prentis MP (Conservative)

| Banbury

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm151102/debtext/151102-0004.htm#1511036000004 Hansard]

22 February 2016

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Tom Blenkinsop MP (Labour)

| Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Vicky Foxcroft MP (Labour)

| Lewisham Deptford

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm160222/debtext/160222-0003.htm#16022238000006 Hansard]

See also

References

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