The Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...

 (that is, the House of Commons and House of Lords

House of Lords

The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....

) has a number of committees – small numbers of members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues; most are made up of members of the Commons.

Current committees

The majority of Parliamentary committees are Select Committees. The remit of these committees vary depending on whether they are committees of the House of Commons or the House of Lords

House of Lords

The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....

.

Select

Select Committees in the Commons are designed to oversee the work of departments and agencies, examine topical issues affecting the country or individual regions, and review and advise on the procedures, workings and rules of the House.

Departmental

Departmental Select Committees are designed to oversee and examine the work of individual government departments

Departments of the United Kingdom Government

Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom contains a number of Cabinet ministers who are usually called secretaries of state when they are in charge of Government departments called ministerial departments...

 and any related departmental bodies and agencies.

• Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee
  Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee
  The Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that came into existence on 1 October 2009, replacing the Business and Enterprise Select Committee, which was dissolved on 30 September 2009...
  
   (overseeing the operations of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
  Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
  The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is a ministerial department of the United Kingdom Government created on 5 June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform .-Ministers:The BIS...
  
   and related bodies)
• Communities and Local Government Select Committee (overseeing the operations of Communities and Local Government)
• Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
  Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
  The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee is one of the Select Committees of the British House of Commons, established in 1997. It oversees the operations of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport which replaced the Department for National Heritage....
  
   (overseeing the operations of the Department for Culture, Media & Sport)
• Defence Select Committee
  Defence Select Committee
  The Defence Select Committee is one of the Select Committees of the British House of Commons, having been established in 1979. It oversees the operations of the Ministry of Defence and its associated public bodies, including the armed forces.-Membership:...
  
   (overseeing the operations of the Ministry of Defence
  Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
  The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
  
  )
• Education Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the Department for Education
  Department for Education
  The Department for Education is a department of the UK government responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19, including child protection and education....
  
   and related bodies)
• Energy and Climate Change Select Committee
  Energy and Climate Change Select Committee
  The Energy and Climate Change Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom that came into existence on 1 January 2009.-Formation:...
  
   (overseeing the operations of the Department for Energy and Climate Change and related bodies)
• Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom...
  
   and associated bodies)
• Foreign Affairs Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the FCO
  Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.The head of the FCO is the...
  
  )
• Health Select Committee
  Health Select Committee
  The Health Select Committee is one of the Select Committees of the British House of Commons. It oversees the operations of the Department of Health and its associated bodies.-Membership:...
  
   (overseeing the operations of the Department of Health)
• Home Affairs Select Committee
  Home Affairs Select Committee
  The Home Affairs Select Committee is a Committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.-Remit:The Home Affairs Committee is one of the House of Commons Select Committees related to government departments: its terms of reference are to examine "the expenditure,...
  
   (overseeing the operations of the Home Office
  Home Office
  The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security, and order. As such it is responsible for the police, UK Border Agency, and the Security Service . It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs,...
  
   and related bodies)
• International Development Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the Department for International Development
  Department for International Development
  The Department For International Development is a United Kingdom government department with a Cabinet Minister in charge. It was separated from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1997. The goal of the department is "to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty". The current...
  
  )
• Justice Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the Ministry of Justice
  Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)
  The Ministry of Justice is a ministerial department of the UK Government headed by the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, who is responsible for improvements to the justice system so that it better serves the public...
  
  , related agencies including the Crown Prosecution Service
  Crown Prosecution Service
  The Crown Prosecution Service, or CPS, is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in England and Wales. Its role is similar to that of the longer-established Crown Office in Scotland, and the...
  
  , and other agencies that report to the Lord Chancellor
  Lord Chancellor
  The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom. He is the second highest ranking of the Great Officers of State, ranking only after the Lord High Steward. The Lord Chancellor is appointed by the Sovereign...
  
  )
• Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
  Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
  The Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
  
   (overseeing the work of the devolved government and the Northern Ireland Office
  Northern Ireland Office
  The Northern Ireland Office is a United Kingdom government department responsible for Northern Ireland affairs. The NIO is led by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and is based in Northern Ireland at Stormont House.-Role:...
  
  )
• Science and Technology Select Committee
  Science and Technology Select Committee
  The Science and Technology Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The original Science and Technology was abolished upon the creation of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee on November 6, 2007...
  
   (overseeing the operations of the government office for science)
• Scottish Affairs Committee
  Scottish Affairs Committee
  The Scottish Affairs Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Scotland Office , and relations with the Scottish Parliament...
  
   (overseeing the work of the devolved government and the Scotland Office
  Scotland Office
  The Scotland Office is a United Kingdom government department headed by the Secretary of State for Scotland and responsible for Scottish affairs...
  
  )
• Transport Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the Department for Transport
  Department for Transport
  In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport is the government department responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland which are not devolved...
  
  )
• Treasury Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the Treasury
  HM Treasury
  HM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the British government's public finance policy and economic policy...
  
   and HM Revenue and Customs)
• Welsh Affairs Select Committee
  Welsh Affairs Select Committee
  The Welsh Affairs Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
  
   (overseeing the work of the devolved government and the Wales Office
  Wales Office
  The Wales Office / Swyddfa Cymru is a United Kingdom government department. It replaced the former Welsh Office, which had extensive responsibility for governing Wales prior to Welsh devolution in 1999....
  
  )
• Work and Pensions Select Committee (overseeing the operations of the Department for Work and Pensions
  Department for Work and Pensions
  The Department for Work and Pensions is the largest government department in the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001 from the merger of the employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security and headed by the Secretary of State for Work and...
  
  )

Topical

Topical select committees examine topical issues of importance.

• Environmental Audit Select Committee
  Environmental Audit Select Committee
  The Environmental Audit Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine how government department's policies and programmes will affect both the environment and sustainable development.-Membership:As of...
  
   (examines the contribution of government policies to environmental protection and sustainable development)
• European Scrutiny Committee
  European Scrutiny Committee
  The European Scrutiny Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee is to assess the legal and political importance of each EU document, and decide which EU documents are debated...
  
   (examines key EU
  European Union
  The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
  
   documents, as well as deciding which documents should be debated on the floor of the Commons)
• Liaison Committee
  Liaison Committee
  The Liaison Committee is a topical committee of the British House of Commons, the lower house of the United Kingdom Parliament. The committee consists of the Chairmen of the 32 Commons Select Committees and the chairman of the Joint Committee on Human Rights....
  
   (examines the work of select committees in general, as well as hearing annual evidence from the Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
  
  )
• Public Accounts Select Committee (examines government and parliamentary expenditure to ensure honesty and fairness)
• Public Administration Select Committee
  Public Administration Select Committee
  The Public Administration Select Committee is a Select Committee appointed by the British House of Commons to examine the reports of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and to consider matters relating to the quality and standards of administration provided by civil service departments,...
  
   (examines the work and administration of the Civil Service, as well as reports from the Parliamentary Ombudsman)
• Arms Export Controls Committee
  Arms Export Controls Committee
  The Committees on Arms Export Controls is the name for the concurrent meeting of four House of Commons select committees, comprising the Business and Enterprise Select Committee, the Defence Select Committee, the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, and the International Development Select...
  
   (composed of members of the Business, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development committees, examines exports of arms from the UK)
• Regulatory Reform Committee
  Regulatory Reform Committee
  The Regulatory Reform Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee is to examine subordinate provisions to amend primary legislation as created under the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, amended by the...
  
   (examines draft legislative reform orders as proposed under the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006, as well as regulation in general)
• Select Committee on Statutory Instruments
  Select Committee on Statutory Instruments
  The Select Committee on Statutory Instruments is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to scrutinise statutory instruments made in exercise of powers granted by Act of Parliament where the instrument has been laid before...
  
   (examines all statutory instruments laid before the Commons)

Internal

Internal select committees have responsibility with respect to the day-to-day running of Parliament.

• Administration Committee
  Administration Committee
  The Administration Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has a remit "to consider the services provided for and by the House of Commons"...
  
   (examines the services offered to members of the Commons, as well as services offered to the public)
• Backbench Business Committee
  Backbench Business Committee
  The Backbench Business Committee of the British House of Commons was created on 15 June 2010 through the adoption of a new standing order. It was created soon after 2010 general election, but had been proposed during the previous Parliament by the Wright Committee on Reform of the House of Commons...
  
   (determines business to be debated at certain times set aside for backbenchers)
• Finance and Services Committee
  Finance and Services Committee
  The Finance and Services Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The committee considers expenditure on and the administration of services for the House of Commons, and it has responsibility for detailed scrutiny of the House’s...
  
   (examines the budget and expenditure of the House of Commons, including the administration budget)
• Members' Allowances Committee
• Standards and Privileges Committee (oversees Parliamentary standards and members' interests and conduct)
• Procedure Committee
  Procedure Committee
  The Procedure Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to consider the practice and procedure of the House in the conduct of public business.-Membership:...
  
   (examines the practice and procedures of the Commons in dealing with public business)
• Committee of Selection (recommends the appointment of members to parliamentary committees)

General committees

• Public bill committees (formerly known as Standing Committees on Bills)
• Delegated Legislation Committees
  Delegated Legislation Committees
  Delegated Legislation Committees are general committees of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom that allow for debate of statutory instruments and Church Measures that have been laid before the House of Commons...
  
  
• European Committees
  European Committees
  The European Committees are general committees of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom to which the European Scrutiny Committee may refer for further consideration European Union documents laid before the Commons...
  
  
• Northern Ireland Grand Committee
  Northern Ireland Grand Committee
  The Northern Ireland Grand Committee is one of three such grand committees in the United Kingdom Parliament. The other two are for Scotland and Wales...
  
  
• Regional Affairs Committee
  Regional Affairs Committee
  The Regional Affairs Committee is a general committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom that considers any matter related to regional affairs in England may be referred to it. The Committee comprises thirteen MPs from English constituencies, although any MP representing an English...
  
  
• Scottish Grand Committee
  Scottish Grand Committee
  The Scottish Grand Committee is a committee of the House of Commons. It is not a select committee , but rather a grand committee composed of all 59 Scottish MPs ....
  
  
• Welsh Grand Committee
  Welsh Grand Committee
  The Welsh Grand Committee is a committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
  
  

Others

• Advisory Committee on Works of Art
  Advisory Committee on Works of Art
  The Advisory Committee on Works of Art is a committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Committee is responsible for purchasing works of art for the House of Commons; advising the Speaker on all matters relating to Commons' works of art; and advising the Speaker, the Curator of...
  
  
• House of Commons Commission
  House of Commons Commission
  The House of Commons Commission is the overall supervisory body of the House of Commons Administration in the United Kingdom. The Commission is a corporate body established by the House of Commons Act 1978...
  
  
  • Administration Estimate Audit Committee
  • Members Estimate Committee
  • Members Estimate Audit Committee
• Public Accounts Commission
  Public Accounts Commission
  The Public Accounts Commission is a body created under the National Audit Act 1983 to audit the National Audit Office, i.e., to watch the watchers.-Composition:...
  
  
• Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
  Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
  The Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, or simply the Speaker's Committee, is a body created under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 to scrutinise the Electoral Commission...
  
  
• Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
  Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
  The Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, or Speaker's Committee for IPSA, is a body created under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 to scrutinise the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. The committee also plays a role in selecting the members of...
  
  

Lords

The House of Lords appoint select committees to examine and explore general issues such as the Constitution or the economy

Economy of the United Kingdom

The economy of the United Kingdom is the sixth-largest national economy in the world measured by nominal GDP and seventh-largest measured by purchasing power parity , and the third-largest in Europe measured by nominal GDP and second-largest measured by PPP...

.

Topical

• Communications Select Committee
  Communications Select Committee
  The Communications Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords with the broad remit to "consider communications". In recent years, the Committee has held inquiries into the Chairmanship of the BBC, the focus and structure of Government communications with the public and the media,...
  
  
• Constitution Committee
  Constitution Committee (House of Lords)
  The Constitution Committee is a cross-party select committee of the House of Lords, the upper chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Committee’s remit is “to examine the constitutional implications of all public bills coming before the House; and to keep under review the operation of...
  
  
• Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Select Committee
  Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Select Committee
  The Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee is a committee of UK parliamentarians. Members are drawn from the House of Lords. The committee has several primary functions.-Orders:...
  
  
• Economic Affairs Committee
  Economic Affairs Committee (House of Lords)
  The Economic Affairs Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has a broad remit "to consider economic affairs".-Membership:As of 24 November 2010, the members of the committee are as follows:...
  
  
  • Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee
• European Union Committee
  European Union Committee
  The European Union Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Its terms of reference are "To consider European Union documents and other matters relating to the European Union". Much of the scrutiny is conducted by the seven subcommittees, each...
  
  
• Hybrid Instruments Committee
  Hybrid Instruments Committee
  The Hybrid Instruments Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The role of the committee is to look into all opposed hybrid instruments , and to advise the House as to whether it should appoint a...
  
  
• Merits of Statutory Instruments Select Committee
• Science and Technology Committee
  Science and Technology Committee (House of Lords)
  The Science and Technology Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has a broad remit "to consider science and technology".-Membership:As of 27 October, the members of the committee are as follows:...
  
  

Internal

• Administration and Works Select Committee
• House Committee
  House Committee (House of Lords)
  The House Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom that sets policy and provides guidance for long-term planning for the House, supervises its finances, and supervise the scheme for members' expenses....
  
  
• Liaison Committee
  Liaison Committee (House of Lords)
  The Liaison Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords. The Committee advises the full House on financial and other resources required by the body's select committees and allocates those resources among them...
  
  
• Committee for Privileges
• Procedure Committee
  Procedure Committee (House of Lords)
  The Procedure Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to review House procedures.-Members:As of 5 September 2011, the members are as follows:...
  
  
• Refreshment Select Committee
• Committee of Selection
  Committee of Selection (House of Lords)
  The Committee of Selection is a committee of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The committee is appointed to propose members of select committees and the panel of Deputy Chairmen of Committees.-Membership:...
  
  

Joint

Joint Committee

Joint committee

A Joint Committee is a term in politics that is used to refer to a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature. In other contexts, it refers to a committee with members from more than one organization.-Republic of Ireland:...

s are committees formed to examine a particular issue, whose membership is from both the Commons and the Lords.

• Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills
  Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills
  The Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills is a joint select committee of the House of Commons and House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Committee was first established in 1894 with a remit to consider consolidation bills...
  
  
• Ecclesiastical Committee
  Ecclesiastical Committee
  The Ecclesiastical Committee is a body created by the Church of England Assembly Act 1919 that comprises 30 members of the United Kingdom Parliament. Its purpose is to review Church of England measures submitted to Parliament by the Legislative Committee of the General Synod...
  
  
• Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy
  Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy
  The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy was created to "monitor the implementation and development" of the United Kingdom Government's National Security Strategy". The committee comprises 12 members from the House of Commons and 10 members of the House of Lords.-Membership:As of 6...
  
  
• Joint Committee on Human Rights
  Joint Committee on Human Rights
  The Joint Committee on Human Rights is a select committee of both the House of Commons and House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
  
  
• Joint Committee on Security (advises on the security of the Parliamentary Estate)
• Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments
  Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments
  The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments is a select committee of both the House of Commons and House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to scrutinise all statutory instruments made in exercise of powers granted by Act of Parliament...
  
  
• Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills
  Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills
  The Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills is a select committee of both the House of Commons and House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to scrutinise bills intended to make the language of tax law simpler, while preserving the effect of the existing...
  
  

Former committees

Occasionally, committees will be discharged by one of the Houses of Parliament, namely the Commons or the Lords. This occurs when existing committees are no longer required or have their responsibilities transferred to a different committee, effectively rendering the original committee void. It is more common, however, for committees to be discharged as a result of the abolition of government departments

Departments of the United Kingdom Government

Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom contains a number of Cabinet ministers who are usually called secretaries of state when they are in charge of Government departments called ministerial departments...

, for example the abolition of the Department of Education and Skills in June 2007 resulted in the abolition of the Education and Skills Select Committee shortly afterwards.

Departmental

• Agriculture Select Committee - dissolved in 2001, and replaced by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee following the replacement of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom...
  
  
• Business and Enterprise Select Committee - dissolved 30 September 2009, and replaced by the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee
  Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee
  The Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that came into existence on 1 October 2009, replacing the Business and Enterprise Select Committee, which was dissolved on 30 September 2009...
  
   following the replacement of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
  Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
  The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform was a United Kingdom government department. The department was created on 28 June 2007 on the disbanding of the Department of Trade and Industry , and was itself disbanded on 6 June 2009 on the creation of the Department for Business,...
  
   with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
  Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
  The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is a ministerial department of the United Kingdom Government created on 5 June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform .-Ministers:The BIS...
  
  
• Constitutional Affairs Select Committee - dissolved 25 July 2007, and replaced by the Justice Select Committee following the replacement of the Department for Constitutional Affairs
  Department for Constitutional Affairs
  The Department for Constitutional Affairs was a United Kingdom government department. Its creation was announced on 12 June 2003 with the intention of replacing the Lord Chancellor's Department...
  
   with the Ministry of Justice
  Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)
  The Ministry of Justice is a ministerial department of the UK Government headed by the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, who is responsible for improvements to the justice system so that it better serves the public...
  
  .
• Education and Employment Select Committee - split in 2001 into the Education and Skills Select Committee and the Work and Pensions Select Committee following the splitting of the Department for Education and Employment into two distinct departments.
• Education and Skills Select Committee - dissolved 25 July 2007, and replaced with the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee and the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee following the replacement of the Department of Education and Skills with the Department for Children, Schools and Families
  Department for Children, Schools and Families
  The Department for Children, Schools and Families was a department of the UK government, between 2007 and 2010, responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19, including child protection and education...
  
   and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
  Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
  The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was a UK government department created on 28 June 2007 to take over some of the functions of the Department of Education and Skills and of the Department of Trade and Industry. In June 2009 it was merged into the newly formed Department for...
  
  .
• Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Select Committee - abolished in 2001, with the environment portion of the committee's remit being transferred to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee and the remainder being transferred to the new Transport, Local Government and the Regions Select Committee following changes to several government departments following the 2001 general election
  United Kingdom general election, 2001
  The United Kingdom general election, 2001 was held on Thursday 7 June 2001 to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. It was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media, as the Labour Party was re-elected with another landslide result and only suffered a net loss of 6 seats...
  
  .
• Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee - dissolved 30 September 2009 following the abolition of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
  Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
  The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was a UK government department created on 28 June 2007 to take over some of the functions of the Department of Education and Skills and of the Department of Trade and Industry. In June 2009 it was merged into the newly formed Department for...
  
  . Technically replaced by the Science and Technology Select Committee
  Science and Technology Select Committee
  The Science and Technology Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The original Science and Technology was abolished upon the creation of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee on November 6, 2007...
  
  .
• Lord Chancellor's Department Committee - abolished in 2003 following the merging of the Lord Chancellor's Department
  Lord Chancellor's Department
  The Lord Chancellor's Department was a United Kingdom government department answerable to the Lord Chancellor with jurisdiction over England and Wales....
  
   into the Department for Constitutional Affairs
  Department for Constitutional Affairs
  The Department for Constitutional Affairs was a United Kingdom government department. Its creation was announced on 12 June 2003 with the intention of replacing the Lord Chancellor's Department...
  
  
• Committee on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
  Committee on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
  The Committee on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is a former United Kingdom parliamentary select committee. It was abolished in 2006 and replaced with the Communities and Local Government Select Committee following the abolition of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, which was replaced...
  
   - abolished in 2006 and replaced with the Communities and Local Government Select Committee following the abolition of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, which was replaced by the Department for Communities and Local Government
  Department for Communities and Local Government
  The Department for Communities and Local Government is the UK Government department for communities and local government in England. It was established in May 2006 and is the successor to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, established in 2001...
  
  
• Science and Technology Committee - abolished in 2007 following the creation of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee
• Social Security Select Committee - abolished in 2001 and replaced with the Work and Pensions Select Committee following the replacement of the Department of Social Security
  Department of Social Security
  The Department of Social Security is the name of a defunct governmental agency in the United Kingdom.The DSS replaced the older Department of Health and Social Security, from 1988 until 2001, when it was itself largely replaced as a department of the Government of the United Kingdom by the...
  
   with the Department for Work and Pensions
  Department for Work and Pensions
  The Department for Work and Pensions is the largest government department in the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001 from the merger of the employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security and headed by the Secretary of State for Work and...
  
  
• Trade and Industry Select Committee - dissolved 25 July 2007, and replaced with the Business and Enterprise Select Committee following the replacement of the Department of Trade and Industry with the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
  Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
  The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform was a United Kingdom government department. The department was created on 28 June 2007 on the disbanding of the Department of Trade and Industry , and was itself disbanded on 6 June 2009 on the creation of the Department for Business,...
  
  .
• Transport, Local Government and the Regions Select Committee - abolished after less than one year and replaced by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Select Committee and the Transport Select Committee

Domestic

All five domestic committees were abolished in 2005 and replaced by a single committee - the Administration Committee

Administration Committee

The Administration Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has a remit "to consider the services provided for and by the House of Commons"...

.

• Accommodation and Works Committee
• Administration Committee
  Administration Committee
  The Administration Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has a remit "to consider the services provided for and by the House of Commons"...
  
  
• Broadcasting Committee
• Catering Committee
• Information Committee
  Information Committee
  The Information Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords appointed to consider its information and communications services, including the House of Lords Library and the Parliamentary Archives subject to the strategic and financial framework set out by the House Committee.-Membership:As...
  
  

Internal

• Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons
  Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons
  The Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons was a temporary select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was created early in the 1997, 2001, and 2005 Parliaments...
  
   (examined how Commons practices and procedures could be modernised)

Regional

The House of Commons set up eight regional select committees in November 2008, which were in turn first appointed on 3 March 2009. The committees were formed of 5 Labour

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

 members as opposed to the 9 members from various parties as was agreed in the original motion, due to the refusal of the Conservatives

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 and Liberal Democrats to nominate any members as a sign of their opposition to the committees' existence. The resolution that formed the committees expired at the end of the 2005/10 Parliament, and the coalition government of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats chose not to renew it.

• East of England Regional Select Committee
  East of England Regional Select Committee
  The East of England Regional Select Committee was one of nine regional select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The establishment of the committee was agreed by the House of Commons on November 12, 2008, following the appointment of 'regional ministers' by...
  
  
• East Midlands Regional Select Committee
  East Midlands Regional Select Committee
  The East Midlands Regional Select Committee was one of nine regional select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The establishment of the committee was agreed by the House of Commons on 12 November 2008, following the appointment of 'regional ministers' by...
  
  
• North East Regional Select Committee
  North East Regional Select Committee
  The North East Regional Select Committee was one of nine regional select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The establishment of the committee was agreed by the House of Commons on 12 November 2008, following the appointment of 'regional ministers' by Gordon...
  
  
• North West Regional Select Committee
  North West Regional Select Committee
  The North West Regional Select Committee was one of nine regional select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The establishment of the committee was agreed by the House of Commons on November 12, 2008, following the appointment of 'regional ministers' by Gordon...
  
  
• South East Regional Select Committee
  South East Regional Select Committee
  The South East Regional Select Committee was one of nine regional select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The establishment of the committee was agreed by the House of Commons on November 12, 2008, following the appointment of 'regional ministers' by Gordon...
  
  
• South West Regional Select Committee
  South West Regional Select Committee
  The South West Regional Select Committee was one of nine regional select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The establishment of the committee was agreed by the House of Commons on November 12, 2008, following the appointment of 'regional ministers' by Gordon...
  
  
• West Midlands Regional Select Committee
  West Midlands Regional Select Committee
  The West Midlands Regional Select Committee was one of nine regional select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The establishment of the committee was agreed by the House of Commons on 12 November 2008, following the appointment of 'regional ministers' by...
  
  
• Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Select Committee
  Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Select Committee
  The Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Select Committee was one of nine regional select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The establishment of the committee was agreed by the House of Commons on 12 November 2008, following the appointment of 'regional...
  
  

Topical

• Barnett Formula Select Committee
• House of Lords Select Committee on Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England
• Intergovernmental Organisations Select Committee
• Select Committee on Regulators

Joint

• Joint Committee on House of Lords Reform
• Joint Committee of Tax Simplification

External links

• Committees of the UK Parliament