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The Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, or 'SCIPSA', is a body created under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 to scrutinise the UK's Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.Parliamentary Standards Act (c. 1) Schedule 1
s 22. The committee's purposes are to approve the members of IPSA and to scrutinize and approve its estimate (or budget). The chair and members of IPSA are selected on an Address to the King from the House of Commons, but the names are chosen by the Speaker with the agreement of SCIPSA.Parliamentary Standards Act (c. 1) Schedule 1
s 2.


Composition

The committee comprises eight MPs and three lay members. The MPs are: the
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(who also serves as its chair), the
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, the chair of the
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, and five others appointed by the House of Commons who are not
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. The Shadow Leader of the House has been appointed as one of the opposition members of the committee since its inception, but the act creating it does not specify she will be a member and does not assign a member to be nominated by the
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as is done to provide that result with the House of Commons Commission.


Membership

The current members of SCIPSA, as of May 2025 are: The 2 lay members, are, as of May 2025 are Tina Fahm and Theresa Middleton.


See also

* Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom


External links


The Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority


References

{{UKParliamentCommittees Committees of the British House of Commons