Joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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.

Permanent joint select committees
Three permanent joint select committees meet regularly:


 * 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:


 * Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills
 * Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills

Temporary joint select committees
Temporary Joint Select committees are formed to consider either a specific topic or a proposed law (Bill) that requires particular scrutiny.

Former committees have considered the following specific topics:


 * 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)

Other joint committees
There are two statutory committees whose membership is formed from both the Commons and the Lords:


 * Ecclesiastical Committee
 * Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament

In addition, a joint committee advises on the security of the Parliamentary Estate:


 * Joint Committee on Security