List Of Committees Of The United Kingdom Parliament

SELECT COMMITTEES

The Commons has Select Committee s responsible for overseeing the work 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 Bill s. Joint Committee s are sometimes formed, from members of both the Commons and Lords.

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

Commons

Departmental

Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the DCMS )

Defence Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the MOD )

Education And 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 )

Office Of The Deputy Prime Minister Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the Office Of The Deputy Prime Minister )

Science And Technology Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the OST and Research Council s)

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 )

Regional

Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee

Scottish Affairs Select Committee

Welsh Affairs Select Committee

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 .

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

Domestic

The Domestic Committee s 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

Lords

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

Internal

House Select Committee

Privileges Select Committee (also known as the "Committee for Privileges")

Select Committee Of Procedure

Select Committee Of Selection

Joint

Joint Committee On Consolidation, &c., Bills

Joint Committee On Human Rights

Joint Committee On Statutory Instruments

Joint Committee On Tax Law Rewrite Bills

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 .

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