Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills
Encyclopedia
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 bill
s. The Committee, which also considers Statute Law Revision Bills and bills prepared by the Law Commission
or Scottish Law Commission
to repeal outdated laws, is made up of 12 of each House. Bills considered by the Committee originate in the Lords and are referred to it after second reading
. After the Committee reports, the remaining stages in both Houses proceed formally (i.e., without debate).
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
and House of Lords in 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...
. The Committee was first established in 1894 with a remit to consider consolidation bill
Consolidation bill
A consolidation bill is a bill introduced into the Parliament of the United Kingdom with the intention of consolidating several Acts of Parliament or Statutory Instruments into a single Act...
s. The Committee, which also considers Statute Law Revision Bills and bills prepared by the Law Commission
Law Commission (England and Wales)
In England and Wales the Law Commission is an independent body set up by Parliament by the Law Commissions Act 1965 in 1965 to keep the law of England and Wales under review and to recommend reforms. The organisation is headed by a Chairman and four Law Commissioners...
or Scottish Law Commission
Scottish Law Commission
The Scottish Law Commission is Scottish advisory public body established by Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1965 to keep the law of Scotland under review and recommend necessary reforms to improve, simplify and update Scots law. It plays a leading role in developing the law for the people of...
to repeal outdated laws, is made up of 12 of each House. Bills considered by the Committee originate in the Lords and are referred to it after second reading
Reading (legislature)
A reading of a bill is a debate on the bill held before the general body of a legislature, as opposed to before a committee or other group. In the Westminster system, there are usually several readings of a bill among the stages it passes through before becoming law as an Act of Parliament...
. After the Committee reports, the remaining stages in both Houses proceed formally (i.e., without debate).
Membership
As of 6 December 2010, the members of the committee are as follows:- Chair: Lord CarswellRobert Carswell, Baron CarswellRobert Douglas Carswell, Baron Carswell, PC, QC , is a retired Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.The son of Alan and Nance Carswell was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in classics and law in 1956...
(Crossbench) - Lord Campbell of AllowayAlan Campbell, Baron Campbell of AllowayAlan Robertson Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway QC is a British judge, barrister and author.The son of John Kenneth Campbell and Juliet Pinner was educated at Aldenham School, Hertfordshire and Ecole des Sciences Politiques in Paris in 1934...
(Conservative) - Lord ChristopherTony Christopher, Baron ChristopherAnthony Martin Grosvenor Christopher, Baron Christopher known as Tony Christopher CBE, FRSA is a British businessman, trade unionist and tax official....
(Labour) - Earl of DundeeAlexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of DundeeAlexander Henry Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee is a Scottish nobleman. He is also 12th Lord of Inverkeithing, 2nd Baron of Glassary, Hereditary Royal Standard Bearer of Scotland, Constable of Dundee, and Chief of the Name and Arms of Scrymgeour...
(Conservative) - Lord Eames (Crossbench)
- Lord Janner of Braunstone (Labour)
- Baroness MallalieuAnn Mallalieu, Baroness MallalieuAnn Mallalieu, Baroness Mallalieu QC is a British lawyer, Labour Party politician and president of the Countryside Alliance....
(Labour) - Lord MethuenRobert Methuen, 7th Baron MethuenRobert Alexander Holt Methuen, 7th Baron Methuen is a British Liberal Democrat peer. He is one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999....
(Liberal Democrat) - Lord RazzallTim Razzall, Baron RazzallEdward Timothy Razzall, Baron Razzall, CBE is a British Liberal Democrat politician.-Early life:Razzall studied at the University of Oxford in the early 1960s, where he also played cricket for the university in 1964....
(Liberal Democrat) - Lord SwinfenRoger Swinfen Eady, 3rd Baron SwinfenRoger Mynors Swinfen Eady, 3rd Baron Swinfen is a British peer. He is one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999....
(Conservative) - Lord Tombs (Crossbench)
- Robert BucklandRobert BucklandRobert James Buckland is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Swindon South, having won the seat from the Labour Party at the 2010 general election....
(Conservative) - Martin CatonMartin CatonMartin Philip Caton is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Gower since 1997.Caton was born in Bishop's Stortford and educated at the Newport Free Grammar School near Saffron Walden, the Norfolk School of Agriculture, and the Aberystwyth College of Further...
(Labour) - Jenny ChapmanJenny ChapmanJennifer Chapman is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Darlington since the 2010 general election.-Personal life:...
(Labour) - Damian CollinsDamian CollinsDamian Noel Thomas Collins is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe in the 2010 general election.-Education:...
(Conservative) - Jim DobbinJim DobbinJames "Jim" Dobbin is a British Labour Co-operative politician and microbiologist, who has been the Member of Parliament for Heywood and Middleton since 1997.-Education and career:...
(Labour) - Stephen DorrellStephen DorrellStephen James Dorrell is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage and Secretary of State for Health...
(Conservative) - Charlie ElphickeCharlie ElphickeCharles Brett Anthony Elphicke is a British Conservative Party politician. He is Member of Parliament for the Dover & Deal constituency...
(Conservative) - Paul FarrellyPaul FarrellyChristopher Paul Farrelly is a British Labour Party politician and journalist, who has been the Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme since 2001.-Early life:...
(Labour) - Yvonne FovargueYvonne FovargueYvonne Helen Fovargue is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for the Makerfield constituency, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester since 2010, replacing the previous Labour MP Ian McCartney, who stepped down due to ill health.Fovargue...
(Labour) - Jesse NormanJesse NormanAlexander Jesse Norman a British Conservative politician who is the Member of Parliament for Hereford and South Herefordshire. He was selected at an open primary in December 2006. He was a director at Barclays before leaving the City in 1997 to research and teach at University College...
(Conservative) - Sir Robert SmithSir Robert Smith, 3rd BaronetSir Robert Hill Smith, 3rd Baronet is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine since 1997.-Early life:...
(Liberal Democrat) - Justin TomlinsonJustin TomlinsonJustin Paul Tomlinson is Conservative MP for Swindon North. He was originally a Conservative Councillor for the Swindon Borough Council, becoming one in 2000.-Education:...
(Conservative)