List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament

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The Parliament of the United Kingdom (that is, the Houses of Commons and Lords) has a number of Committees – small numbers of members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues; most are made up of members of the Commons.

Contents 1 Select Committees 1.1 Commons 1.1.1 Departmental 1.1.2 National 1.1.3 Topical 1.1.4 Internal 1.1.5 Domestic 1.2 Lords 1.2.1 Topical 1.2.2 Internal 1.3 Joint 2 Others 3 External Links

[edit] Select Committees

The Commons has Select Committees responsible for overseeing the work of departments and agencies, whilst the Lords has them for general issues, such as the Constitution or the economy. Both Houses have Select Committees for reviewing drafts of European directives (enacted as Statutory Instruments under the European Communities Act 1972). The Commons has Standing Committees that are tasked with the detailed analysis of individual Bills. Joint Committees are sometimes formed, from members of both the Commons and Lords.

Some of the current Select Committees are listed below (these lists are incomplete):

[edit] Commons

[edit] Departmental

• Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the DCMS)
• Communities and Local Government Committee (overseeing the operations of the Department for Communities and Local Government
• Defence Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the MOD)
• Education & Skills Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the DfES)
• Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the DEFRA and associated bodies)
• Foreign Affairs Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the FCO)
• Health Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the DoH)
• Home Affairs Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the HO, the CPS, and other related bodies)
• International Development Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the DfID)
• Constitutional Affairs Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the DCA and other agencies that report to the Lord Chancellor)
• Science and Technology Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the OST and Research Councils)
• Trade and Industry Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the DTI)
• Transport Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the DfT)
• Treasury Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the Treasury and Customs and Excise)
• Work and Pensions Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the DWP)

[edit] National

• Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee
• Scottish Affairs Select Committee
• Welsh Affairs Select Committee

[edit] Topical

• Environmental Audit Select Committee
• European Scrutiny Select Committee
• Liaison Select Committee
• Public Accounts Select Committee
• Public Administration Select Committee

There is also the Regulatory Reform Select Committee, which examines subordinate provisions to amend primary legislation as created under the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, amended by the Regulatory Reform Act 2001.

[edit] Internal

• Finance and Services Select Committee
• Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons
• Select Committee on Standards and Privileges
• Procedure Select Committee
• Select Committee of Selection

[edit] Domestic

The Domestic Committees are responsible for the day-to-day running of the Palace of Westminster, including the running of the bars and supervision of security measures.

• Select Committee on Accommodation and Works
• Select Committee on Administration
• Select Committee on Broadcasting (which advises the Speaker and Commons Commission on the broadcasting of the proceedings of the House and its Committees)
• Select Committee on Catering
• Select Committee on Information

[edit] Lords

[edit] Topical

• Constitution Select Committee
• Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Select Committee
• Economic Affairs Select Committee
  • Economic Affairs Finance Bill Select Sub-Committee
• EU Select Committee
  • Economic and Financial Affairs, Trade and International Relations (Sub-Committee A)
  • Internal Market (Sub-Committee B)
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy (Sub-Committee C)
  • Environment and Agriculture (Sub-Committee D)
  • Law and Institutions (Sub-Committee E)
  • Home Affairs (Sub-Committee F)
  • Social Policy and Consumer Affairs (Sub-Committee G)
• Merits of Statutory Instruments Select Committee
• Science & Technology Select Committee

[edit] Internal

• House Select Committee
• Privileges Select Committee (also known as the "Committee for Privileges")
• Select Committee of Procedure
• Select Committee of Selection

[edit] Joint

• Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills
• Joint Committee on Human Rights
• Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments
• Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills

[edit] Others

As well as the Select Committees, there are also the Standing Committees, including the Committee on Standards in Public Life, and the Parliamentary Committees, including the Public Accounts Committee. There is also the special committee of the Intelligence and Security Committee (overseeing the operations of MI5, SIS, and GCHQ). It is neither a select committee, nor a parliamentary committee, but reports to the Prime Minister rather than Parliament. It was set up under the Intelligence Services Act 1994.

[edit] External Links

• The Parliament of the United Kingdom. Committees official website.