Commons Select Committee of Privileges
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The Commons Select Committee of Privileges is a Committee 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[edit]
As of November 2023, the members of the committee were as follows:[1][2]
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rt Hon Harriet Harman KC MP (Chair) | Labour | Camberwell and Peckham | |
| Philip Dunne MP | Conservative | Ludlow | |
| Alberto Costa MP | Conservative | South Leicestershire | |
| Allan Dorans MP | Scottish National Party | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | |
| Michael Ellis MP | Conservative | Northampton North | |
| Yvonne Fovargue MP | Labour | Makerfield | |
| Sir Bernard Jenkin MP | Conservative | Harwich and North Essex | |
References[edit]
- ^ "Membership - Committee of Privileges". UK Parliament. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Business without Debate Volume 742: debated on Monday 4 December 2023". hansard.parliament.uk/. UK Hansard. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
That Andy Carter and Sir Charles Walker be discharged from the Committee of Privileges and Philip Dunne and Sir Michael Ellis be added.—(Marcus Jones.)
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