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A joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, formed to examine a particular issue, whose members are drawn from both the House of Commons and House of Lords. It is a type of Parliamentary committee of the United Kingdom.
Three permanent joint select committees meet regularly:[1]
- Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy
- Joint Committee on Human Rights
- Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments
Two committees meet as required to scrutinize bills that seek to consolidate existing statutes or to simplify the language of tax laws:[1]
Temporary Joint Select committees are formed to consider either a specific topic or a proposed law (Bill) that requires particular scrutiny.[2]
Former committees have considered the following specific topics:[3]
- 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)
- Palace of Westminster (July 2015 to September 2016)
There are two statutory committees whose membership is formed from both the Commons and the Lords:
In addition, a joint committee advises on the security of the Parliamentary Estate:
- Joint Committee on Security
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