The Select Committee on Statutory Instruments is a

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of the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...

in the

Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the Parliamentary sovereignty in the United Kingdom, supreme Legislature, legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of We ...

. The remit of the committee is to scrutinise

statutory instruments In many countries, a statutory instrument is a form of delegated legislation. United Kingdom Statutory instruments are the principal form of delegated or secondary legislation in the United Kingdom. National government Statutory instrument ...

made in exercise of powers granted by Act of Parliament where the instrument has been laid before the House of Commons only. The committee's responsibilities are those the

Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments is a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to scrutinise all statutory instruments made in exercise of powers granted by Acts of Parliament. Instruments ...

has with respect to instruments laid before both Houses, and its members are the Commons members of the joint committee.

Membership

2021−2023 Parliament

As of January 2023, the members of the committee are as follows:

2019−2021 Parliament

As of May 2021, the members of the committee were as follows: Changes since 2019

2017−2019 Parliament

Members were announced on 30 October 2017. Changes 2017−2019

2015−2017 Parliament

Members were announced on 13 July 2015. Changes 2015−2017

References

External links

Select Committee on Statutory Instruments
{{UKParliamentCommittees Select Committees of the British House of Commons Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom