Commons Select Committee of Privileges

The Commons Select Committee of Privileges is appointed by the House of Commons to consider specific matters relating to privileges referred to it by the House.

It came into being on 7 January 2013 as one half of the replacements for the Committee on Standards and Privileges. The latter committee was divided into the Committee on Standards and Committee of Privileges in order that the Standards Committee might employ lay members.

Membership[]

As of September 2020, the members of the committee were as follows:^[1]

	Party	Constituency
Chris Bryant MP (Chair)	Labour	Rhondda
Andy Carter MP	Conservative	Warrington South
Anne McLaughlin MP	Scottish National Party	Glasgow North East
Alberto Costa MP	Conservative	South Leicestershire
Chris Elmore MP	Labour	Ogmore
Sir Bernard Jenkin MP	Conservative	Harwich and North Essex
Mark Fletcher MP	Conservative	Bolsover

References[]

^ "Membership - Committee of Privileges". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2018-11-13.

External links[]

The Committee's website

Current parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom

Commons

Departmental	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Housing, Communities and Local Government Defence Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Education Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health and Social Care Home Affairs International Development International Trade Justice Northern Ireland Affairs Science and Technology Scottish Affairs Transport Treasury Welsh Affairs Work and Pensions
Topical	Arms Export Controls Environmental Audit European Scrutiny Petitions Public Accounts Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Regulatory Reform Statutory Instruments Women and Equalities
General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committees Delegated legislation committees European committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee
Internal	Administration Finance Backbench Business Liaison Members' Expenses Procedure Selection Standards Privileges Works of Art
Statutory	House of Commons Commission Administration Estimate Audit Members Estimate Members Estimate Audit Public Accounts Commission Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Lords

Topical	Communications and Digital Constitution Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Economic Affairs European Union International Relations and Defence Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Science and Technology
Private	Hybrid Instruments Standing Orders
Internal	Lords Commission Finance Liaison Conduct Procedure and Privileges Selection
Domestic	Services Works of Art

Joint

Select	Consolidation Bills Human Rights National Security Strategy Statutory Instruments Tax Law Rewrite Bills
Statutory	Ecclesiastical Committee Intelligence and Security

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