Commons Select Committee on Standards

The Commons Select Committee on Standards is appointed by the House of Commons to oversee the work of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.

History

It came into being on 7 January 2013 as one half of the replacements for the Committee on Standards and Privileges. The latter committee was divided into the Committee on Standards and Committee of Privileges in order that the Standards Committee might employ lay members.

Membership

As of September 2020, the members of the committee is as follow:[1]

Member Party Constituency
Chris Bryant MP (Chair) Labour Rhondda
Alberto Costa MP Conservative South Leicestershire
Andy Carter MP Conservative Warrington South
Anne McLaughlin MP Scottish National Party Glasgow North East
Sir Bernard Jenkin MP Conservative Harwich and North Essex
Chris Elmore MP Labour Ogmore
Mark Fletcher MP Conservative Bolsover

The committee also has 5 lay members, which are, as of September 2020: Tammy Banks, Jane Burgess, Rita Dexter, Dr Arun Midha and Paul Thorogood.

References

  1. "Committee on Standards - Membership - Committees - UK Parliament". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-12.


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