Joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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]

Two committees meet as required to scrutinize bills that seek to consolidate existing statutes or to simplify the language of tax laws:^[1]

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)

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:

Departmental	Business and Trade Culture, Media and Sport Defence Education Energy Security and Net Zero Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health and Social Care Home Affairs International Development Justice Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Northern Ireland Affairs Science, Innovation and Technology Scottish Affairs Transport Treasury Welsh Affairs Work and Pensions
Topical	Arms Export Controls Environmental Audit European Scrutiny Petitions Public Accounts Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Statutory Instruments Women and Equalities
General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committees Delegated legislation committees European committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee
Internal	Administration Finance Backbench Business Liaison Procedure Selection Standards Privileges Works of Art
Statutory	House of Commons Commission Administration Estimate Audit Members Estimate Members Estimate Audit Public Accounts Commission Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Topical	Communications and Digital Constitution Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Economic Affairs European Affairs European Union International Agreements International Relations and Defence Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Science and Technology
Private	Hybrid Instruments Standing Orders
Internal	Lords Commission Finance Liaison Conduct Procedure and Privileges Selection
Domestic	Services Works of Art

Select	Consolidation Bills Human Rights National Security Strategy Statutory Instruments Tax Law Rewrite Bills
Statutory	Ecclesiastical Committee Intelligence and Security

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