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 laid before the House of Commons alone are considered by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments, which is composed of the Commons members of the joint committee.

Membership

As of January 2024, the members of the committee are as follows:

Member		Constituency / Peerage
Jessica Morden0(Chair)	Labour	Newport East
Alan Beith	Liberal Democrat	Baron Beith
Richard Chartres	Crossbench	Baron Chartres
Peter Grant	Scottish National Party	Glenrothes
Alan Haselhurst	Conservative	Baron Haselhurst
Paul Holmes	Conservative	Eastleigh
Gareth Johnson	Conservative	Dartford
James Meston	Crossbench	Baron Meston
Damien Moore	Conservative	Southport
Kuldip Singh Sahota	Labour	Baron Sahota
Amanda Sater	Conservative	Baroness Sater
Maggie Throup	Conservative	Erewash
Liz Twist	Labour	Blaydon
Tom Watson	Labour	Baron Watson of Wyre Forest

External links

Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, UK Parliament
The records of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments are held by the Parliamentary Archives

Current parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom

Commons

Departmental	Business and Trade Culture, Media and Sport Defence Education Energy Security and Net Zero Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health and Social Care Home Affairs International Development Justice Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Northern Ireland Affairs Science, Innovation and Technology Scottish Affairs Transport Treasury Welsh Affairs Work and Pensions
Topical	Arms Export Controls Environmental Audit European Scrutiny Petitions Public Accounts Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Statutory Instruments Women and Equalities
General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committees Delegated legislation committees European committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee
Internal	Administration Finance Backbench Business Liaison Procedure Selection Standards Privileges Works of Art
Statutory	House of Commons Commission Administration Estimate Audit Members Estimate Members Estimate Audit Public Accounts Commission Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Lords

Topical	Communications and Digital Constitution Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Economic Affairs European Affairs International Agreements International Relations and Defence Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Science and Technology
Private	Hybrid Instruments Standing Orders
Internal	Lords Commission Finance Liaison Conduct Procedure and Privileges Selection
Domestic	Services Works of Art

Joint

Select	Consolidation Bills Human Rights National Security Strategy Statutory Instruments Tax Law Rewrite Bills
Statutory	Ecclesiastical Committee Intelligence and Security