Parliament

Committees

The committees where much of Parliament’s scrutiny actually happens — who sits on each, what they are investigating, and what they publish, from Parliament’s official record.

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Administration Committee Commons Select committee Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance Committee Commons Other committee Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords) Lords Other committee Backbench Business Committee Commons Select committee Bishop's Stortford Cemetery Bill Commons Select committee Built Environment Committee Lords Select committee Business and Trade Committee Commons Select committee Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls Commons Select committee Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill Commons Select committee Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill Committee (Lords) Lords Other committee Childhood Vaccinations Committee Lords Select committee City of London (Markets) Bill Commons Select committee Committee of Privileges Commons Select committee Committee of Selection Commons Select committee Committee of Selection (Lords) Lords Select committee Committee on Standards Commons Select committee Committees on Arms Export Controls Commons Select committee Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion Commons Other committee Communications and Digital Committee Lords Select committee Conduct Committee Lords Select committee Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) Joint Select committee Constitution Committee Lords Select committee Court of Referees Commons Other committee Culture, Media and Sport Committee Commons Select committee Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation Commons Select committee Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Commons General committee Defence Committee Commons Select committee Defence Sub-Committee Commons Select committee Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee Lords Select committee Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Committee Lords Select committee Ecclesiastical Committee Joint Other committee Economic Affairs Committee Lords Select committee Education Committee Commons Select committee Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee Commons General committee Eleventh Delegated Legislation Committee Commons General committee Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Commons Select committee Environment and Climate Change Committee Lords Select committee Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Commons Select committee Environmental Audit Committee Commons Select committee European Affairs Committee Lords Select committee Fifteenth Delegated Legislation Committee Commons General committee Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee Commons General committee Finance Bill Sub-Committee Lords Select committee Finance Committee (Commons) Commons Select committee Finance Committee (Lords) Lords Select committee Financial Services Regulation Committee Lords Select committee First Delegated Legislation Committee Commons General committee Foreign Affairs Committee Commons Select committee Fourteenth Delegated Legislation Committee Commons General committee Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee Commons General committee General Cemetery Bill [HL] Commons Select committee General Cemetery Bill [HL] Committee (Jan 2025) Lords Select committee Health and Social Care Committee Commons Select committee High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill Select Committee (Commons) Commons Select committee Highgate Cemetery Bill Committee Commons Select committee Holocaust Memorial Bill Select Committee Commons Select committee Holocaust Memorial Bill Select Committee (Lords) Lords Select committee Home Affairs Committee Commons Select committee House of Commons Commission Commons Other committee House of Lords Commission Lords Select committee Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Commons Select committee Human Rights (Joint Committee) Joint Select committee Hybrid Instruments Committee (Lords) Lords Select committee Immigration and Asylum Bill Commons General committee Immigration and Asylum Bill: Programming Sub Committee Commons General committee Industry and Regulators Committee Lords Select committee Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament Joint Other committee International Agreements Committee Lords Select committee International Development Committee Commons Select committee International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact Commons Select committee International Relations and Defence Committee Lords Select committee Justice and Home Affairs Committee Lords Select committee Justice Committee Commons Select committee Liaison Committee (Commons) Commons Select committee Liaison Committee (Lords) Lords Select committee Liaison Sub-Committee on Core Tasks of Select Committees Commons Select committee Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements Commons Select committee Lord Speaker's Advisory Panel on Works of Art Lords Other committee Lord Speaker's committee on the size of the House Lords Other committee Malvern Hills Bill [HL] Committee Lords Select committee Members Estimate Audit Committee Commons Other committee Members Estimate Committee Commons Select committee Modernisation Committee Commons Select committee National Resilience Committee Lords Select committee National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) Joint Select committee Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee Commons General committee Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Commons Select committee Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Lords Select committee Norwich Livestock Market Bill [HL] Commons Select committee Norwich Livestock Market Bill [HL] Committee (Jan 2025) Lords Select committee Numeracy for Life Committee Lords Select committee Palace of Westminster (Joint Committee) Joint Select committee Panel of Chairs Commons Select committee Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission Joint Other committee Petitions Committee Commons Select committee Procedure and Privileges Committee Lords Select committee Procedure Committee Commons Select committee Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee Lords Other committee Public Accounts Commission Commons Other committee Public Accounts Committee Commons Select committee Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Commons Select committee Public Services Committee Lords Select committee Restoration and Renewal Client Board Joint Other committee Restoration and Renewal Programme Board Joint Other committee Retirement and Participation Committee Lords Select committee Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] Commons Select committee Science and Technology Committee Lords Select committee Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Commons Select committee Scottish Affairs Committee Commons Select committee Second Delegated Legislation Committee Commons General committee Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee Lords Select committee Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill Commons Select committee Services Committee Lords Select committee Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee Commons General committee Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee Commons General committee Social Mobility Policy Committee Lords Select committee Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill Commons General committee Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art Commons Other committee Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority Commons Other committee Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Commons Other committee Speaker's Conference (2024) Commons Select committee Standing Orders (Private Bills) Committee (Lords) Lords Select committee Standing Orders Committee (Commons) Commons Select committee Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Joint Select committee Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) Commons Select committee Sub-Committee on Leave of Absence Lords Select committee Tenth Delegated Legislation Committee Commons General committee Third Delegated Legislation Committee Commons General committee Thirteenth Delegated Legislation Committee Commons General committee Transport Committee Commons Select committee Treasury Committee Commons Select committee Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations Commons Select committee Twelfth Delegated Legislation Committee Commons General committee Welsh Affairs Committee Commons Select committee Welsh Grand Committee Commons General committee Women and Equalities Committee Commons Select committee Work and Pensions Committee Commons Select committee