A joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is a
joint committee of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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, formed to examine a particular issue, whose members are drawn from both the
House of Commons and
House of Lords
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. It is a type of
Parliamentary committee of the United Kingdom.
Permanent joint select committees
Three permanent joint
select committees meet regularly:
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Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy
The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) is a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, formed to "monitor the implementation and development" of the United Kingdom Government's National Security Strategy". It ...
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Joint Committee on Human Rights
The Joint Committee on Human Rights is a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to consider human rights issues in the United Kingdom.
Membership
As at November 2022, the members of the committee a ...
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Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments
The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments is a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to scrutinise all statutory instruments made in exercise of powers granted by Acts of Parliament. Instruments l ...
Two committees meet as required to scrutinize bills that seek to consolidate existing statutes or to simplify the language of tax laws:
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Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills
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Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills
The Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills was a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee was to scrutinise bills intended to make the language of tax law simpler, while preserving the effect of the exis ...
Temporary joint select committees
Temporary Joint Select committees are formed to consider either a specific topic or a proposed law (
Bill
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) that requires particular scrutiny.
Former committees have considered the following specific topics:
* 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)
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Palace of Westminster
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(July 2015 to September 2016)
Other joint committees
There are two statutory committees whose membership is formed from both the Commons and the Lords:
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Ecclesiastical Committee
The Ecclesiastical Committee is a statutory joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created by the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 to review Church of England measures submitted to Parliament by the Legislative Committ ...
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Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament
The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) is a statutory joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, appointed to oversee the work of the UK intelligence community.
The committee was established in 1994 by the I ...
In addition, a joint committee advises on the security of the
Parliamentary Estate:
*Joint Committee on Security
See also
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Joint committee (legislative)
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List of joint committees (UK local government)
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
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External links
Records of the Joint Committees are kept at the Parliamentary Archives
References
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