Commons Select Committee of Privileges

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.

"Committee of Privileges" redirects here. For other uses, see Committee of Privileges (disambiguation).

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 March 2023, the members of the committee were as follows:[1]

Member Party Constituency
The Rt Hon Harriet Harman KC MP (Chair) Labour Camberwell and Peckham
Andy Carter MP Conservative Warrington South
Alberto Costa MP Conservative South Leicestershire
Allan Dorans MP Scottish National Party Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Sir Charles Walker MP Conservative Broxbourne
Yvonne Fovargue MP Labour Makerfield
Sir Bernard Jenkin MP Conservative Harwich and North Essex

References
  1. "Membership - Committee of Privileges". UK Parliament. Retrieved 22 March 2023.


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