Joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom


A joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is a parliamentary committee formed to examine a particular issue, whose membership is from both the House of Commons and House of Lords.

Permanent joint select committees

Three permanent joint select committees meet regularly:
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 are formed to consider some proposed laws or specific topics. As of March 2019, there are three active committees scrutinizing the following draft legislation:
Former committees have scrutinized various draft bills and the following specific topics:
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:
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