Select Committee on Statutory Instruments

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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 the House of Commons only. The committee's responsibilities are those the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments has with respect to instruments laid before both Houses, and its members are the Commons members of the joint committee.

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Membership

2024–present Parliament

Membership of the committee is as follows: [1]

MemberPartyConstituency
Bernard Jenkin MP (Chair) Conservative Harwich and North Essex
Lewis Atkinson MP Labour Sunderland Central
Mark Ferguson MP Labour Gateshead Central and Whickham
Claire Hughes MP Labour Bangor Aberconwy
Charlie Maynard MP Liberal Democrats Witney
Gordon McKee MP Labour Glasgow South
Julie Minns MP Labour Carlisle

2021−2023 Parliament

As of January 2023, the members of the committee are as follows:

MemberPartyConstituency
Jessica Morden (Chair)Labour
Peter Grant Scottish National Party
Paul Holmes Conservative
Gareth Johnson Conservative
Damien Moore Conservative
Maggie Throup Conservative
Liz Twist Labour

2019−2021 Parliament

As of May 2021, the members of the committee were as follows:

MemberPartyConstituency
Jessica Morden (Chair)Labour Newport East
James Davies Conservative Vale of Clwyd
Paul Holmes Conservative Eastleigh
John Lamont Conservative Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Robert Syms Conservative Poole
Richard Thomson Scottish National Party Gordon
Liz Twist Labour Blaydon

Changes since 2019

DateOutgoing Member
& Party
ConstituencyNew Member
& Party
ConstituencySource
2 March 2020 Eddie Hughes MP (Conservative) Walsall North Paul Holmes MP (Conservative) Eastleigh Hansard
25 May 2021 Owen Thompson MP (SNP) Midlothian Richard Thomson MP (SNP) Gordon Hansard

2017−2019 Parliament

Members were announced on 30 October 2017. [2]

MemberPartyConstituency
Dan Carden Labour Liverpool Walton
Vicky Foxcroft Labour Lewisham Deptford
Patrick Grady SNP Glasgow North
John Lamont Conservative Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Lee Rowley Conservative North East Derbyshire
Robert Syms Conservative Poole
Derek Twigg Labour Halton

Changes 2017−2019

DateOutgoing Member
& Party
ConstituencyNew Member
& Party
ConstituencySource
23 April 2018 Lee Rowley MP (Conservative) North East Derbyshire Julia Lopez MP (Conservative) Hornchurch and Upminster Hansard
5 November 2018 Derek Twigg MP (Labour) Halton Jessica Morden MP (Labour) Newport East Hansard
29 April 2019 Dan Carden MP (Labour) Liverpool Walton Susan Elan Jones MP (Labour) Clwyd South Hansard
8 October 2019 Julia Lopez MP (Conservative) Hornchurch and Upminster Maria Caulfield MP (Conservative) Lewes Hansard

2015−2017 Parliament

Members were announced on 13 July 2015. [3]

MemberPartyConstituency
Tom Blenkinsop Labour Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Michael Ellis Conservative Eastleigh
Stephen Hammond Conservative Wimbledon
Derek Twigg Labour Halton

Changes 2015−2017

DateOutgoing Member
& Party
ConstituencyNew Member
& Party
ConstituencySource
20 July 2015New seat Ian Liddell-Grainger MP (Conservative) Bridgwater and West Somerset Hansard
2 November 2015 Michael Ellis MP (Conservative) Eastleigh Victoria Prentis MP (Conservative) Banbury Hansard
22 February 2016 Tom Blenkinsop MP (Labour) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Vicky Foxcroft MP (Labour) Lewisham Deptford Hansard

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References

  1. "Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Vol. 630. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 30 October 2017.
  3. "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Vol. 598. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 13 July 2015.