The Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills (commonly known as Consolidation Bills Committee) is a

joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom A joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is a Joint committee (legislative), legislative joint committee formed to examine a particular issue, whose members are drawn from both the House of Commons and House of Lords of the Parlia ...

. The Committee was first established in 1894 with a remit to consider

consolidation bill A consolidation bill is a bill introduced into the Parliament of the United Kingdom with the intention of consolidating several acts of Parliament or statutory instruments into a single act. Such bills simplify the statute book without signif ...

s. The Committee, which also considers Statute Law Revision Bills and bills prepared by the

Law Commission A law commission, law reform commission, or law revision commission is an independent body set up by a government to conduct law reform; that is, to consider the state of laws in a jurisdiction and make recommendations or proposals for legal chang ...

or Scottish Law Commission to repeal outdated laws, is made up of 12 members of each House. Bills considered by the Committee originate in the Lords and are referred to it after

second reading A reading of a bill is a stage of debate on the bill held by a general body of a legislature. In the Westminster system, developed in the United Kingdom, there are generally three readings of a bill as it passes through the stages of becoming ...

. After the Committee reports, the remaining stages in both Houses proceed formally (i.e., without debate).

Membership

As of May 2022, the members of the committee are as follows:

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Joint Select Committee on Consolidation Bills
''UK Parliament'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Joint Committee on Consolidation, andc., Bills Conso Select Committees of the British House of Commons 1894 establishments in the United Kingdom

Membership

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