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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.

Membership

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

Member Party Constituency
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

See also