A Ministerial Committee is a committee

Committee

A committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole"...

 consisting of Minister

Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....

s of government portfolio.

A Joint Ministerial Committee usually refers to committee consisting of ministers from different nations or international organisations.

Examples

• Commonwealth Government
  • Ministerial Committee Inquiry into The Portrayal of Violence in the Electronic Media, May 1996 - July 1996 http://libertus.net/censor/censpolicy.html#MinCom
  • Ministerial Committee to Oversight Implementation of Backing Australia's Ability (MCOIBAA) http://backingaus.innovation.gov.au/2001/statement/index.htm, later named "Science and Innovation Committee" but still referred to as a Ministerial committee http://backingaus.innovation.gov.au/reports/02_03/sect4.rtf
• New South Wales
  • Ministerial Committee of Inquiry into impotency treatment services http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36112/20030625/www.hccc.nsw.gov.au/hccc/pdf/impotency_report.pdf
• Northern Territory
  • Ministerial Standing Committee on Crime Prevention http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/ocp/graphpages/mincomm.shtml
• Western Australia
  • Commercial Passenger Vessel Advisory Committee (CPVAC) http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/imarine/14272.asp
  • Ministerial Committee on Lesbian and Gay Law Reform http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v8n4/kendall84.html

Joint Ministerial Committees

• Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee (SAJMC) http://www.dfat.gov.au/media/speeches/trade/2001/mvt012_01.html
• Australia-Japan Ministerial Committee (AJMC) http://www.whitlam.org/collection/1973/19731030_Aus_japan_communique/

United Kingdom

A Joint Ministerial Committee exists in the UK and Canada as a committee of ministers and members of Devolved Administrations. It is not an executive body and cannot bind any of its participants http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/secretariats/cabinet_committee_business/general_guide/types.asp.