A ministerial committee is a committee consisting of ministers of various
government portfolios.
A joint ministerial committee usually refers to committee consisting of ministers from different governments.
Australia
The term is used in both federal and state governments of Australia.
Examples
* Federal government
** Ministerial Committee Inquiry into The Portrayal of Violence in the Electronic Media, May 1996 – July 199
** Ministerial Committee to Oversight Implementation of Backing Australia's Ability (MCOIBAA
later named "Science and Innovation Committee" but still referred to as a Ministerial committe
* New South Wales
** Ministerial Committee of Inquiry into impotency treatment service
* Northern Territory
** Ministerial Standing Committee on Crime Preventio
* Western Australia
** Commercial Passenger Vessel Advisory Committee (CPVAC
** Ministerial Committee on Lesbian and Gay Law Refor
Joint ministerial committees
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Singapore–Australia Joint Ministerial Committee (SAJMC
*
Australia–Japan Ministerial Committee (AJMC
United Kingdom
An
Interministerial Standing Committee
In the United Kingdom, intergovernmental relations refers to the relationship, cooperation, and engagement between the UK Government and the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive.
Since powers were devolved in th ...
exists in the UK as a committee of ministers and members of
devolved administration
Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level. It is a form of administrative decentralization. Devolved territories h ...
s. It is not an executive body and cannot bind any of its participants.
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See also
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Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy The Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy (abbreviated hutva or utva, ) is one of the four ministerial committees of the Finnish Government, established by statute since 2000. The task of the committee is to handle matters related to ...
(Finland)
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Ministerial council (disambiguation) Ministerial council or joint ministerial council can refer to:
* EU–GCC Joint Council and Ministerial Meeting, the regular joint ministerial meeting between the European Union and the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
* Franco ...
Politics of Australia
Politics of the United Kingdom