A joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is a joint committee of the

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, formed to examine a particular issue, whose members are drawn from both the

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and

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. It is a type of Parliamentary committee of the United Kingdom.

Permanent joint select committees

Three permanent joint

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meet regularly: *

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 ...

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 ...

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: *

Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills The Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills (commonly known as Consolidation Bills Committee) is a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Committee was first established in 1894 with a remit to consider consolidation bills. ...

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 (

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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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(July 2015 to September 2016)

Other joint committees

There are two statutory committees whose membership is formed from both the Commons and the Lords: *

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 Commit ...

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 ...

In addition, a joint committee advises on the security of the

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: *Joint Committee on Security

External links

Records of the Joint Committees are kept at the Parliamentary Archives

References

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Permanent joint select committees

Temporary joint select committees

Other joint committees

See also

External links

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