The Commons Select Committee of Privileges is appointed by the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...
to consider specific matters relating to
privileges referred to it by the House.
It came into being on 7 January 2013 as one half of the replacements for the
Committee on Standards and Privileges
The Standards and Privileges Committee is a former committee of the United Kingdom House of Commons that existed from 1995 to 2013. The committee was established in 1995 to replace the earlier Committee of Privileges. It consisted of 10 Members of ...
. The latter committee was divided into the
Committee on Standards
The Commons Select Committee on Standards is appointed by the House of Commons to oversee the work of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.
History
The committee was created on 13 December 2012 as one half of the replacements for the Commi ...
and Committee of Privileges in order that the Standards Committee might employ lay members.
Membership
As of July 2022, the members of the committee were as follows:
References
External links
The Committee's website
Select Committees of the British House of Commons
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