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In the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the Committee of the whole House is a committee of the whole of one of the two Houses. [1]
In the House of Commons, the Committee of the whole House is used instead of a standing committee for the committee stage (clause-by-clause debate) of constitutional or ethical importance, [1] or for contentious bills. [2] The Finance Bill is always sent to a Committee of the whole House in the Commons. [3] The sitting is presided over by the Chairman of Ways and Means, rather than the Speaker of the House, [4] sitting in the clerk's chair (at the Table of the House) [1] rather than the Speaker's chair normally occupied by the presiding officer, [5] and is addressed as "Chair" instead of "Deputy speaker".
In the House of Lords, the Committee of the whole House examines the majority of bills.