Committees
Committees of Parliament
At a glance
A select committee is a small cross-party group of MPs or peers that scrutinises the work of a government department or a particular issue, questions ministers and officials, and publishes reports. There are 104 active committees below, grouped by type.
Departmental select committees
27 committees
- Business and Trade Committee
- Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls
- Committees on Arms Export Controls
- Culture, Media and Sport Committee
- Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation
- Defence Committee
- Defence Sub-Committee
- Education Committee
- Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
- Foreign Affairs Committee
- Health and Social Care Committee
- Home Affairs Committee
- Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
- International Development Committee
- International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact
- Justice Committee
- Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
- Petitions Committee
- Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
- Scottish Affairs Committee
- Transport Committee
- Treasury Committee
- Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations
- Welsh Affairs Committee
- Women and Equalities Committee
- Work and Pensions Committee
Other select committees
54 committees
- Administration Committee
- Backbench Business Committee
- Built Environment Committee
- Childhood Vaccinations Committee
- Committee of Privileges
- Committee of Selection
- Committee of Selection (Lords)
- Committee on Standards
- Communications and Digital Committee
- Conduct Committee
- Constitution Committee
- Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
- Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Committee
- Economic Affairs Committee
- Environment and Climate Change Committee
- Environmental Audit Committee
- European Affairs Committee
- Finance Bill Sub-Committee
- Finance Committee (Commons)
- Finance Committee (Lords)
- Financial Services Regulation Committee
- Holocaust Memorial Bill Select Committee (Lords)
- House of Lords Commission
- Hybrid Instruments Committee (Lords)
- Industry and Regulators Committee
- International Agreements Committee
- International Relations and Defence Committee
- Justice and Home Affairs Committee
- Liaison Committee (Commons)
- Liaison Committee (Lords)
- Liaison Sub-Committee on Core Tasks of Select Committees
- Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements
- Members Estimate Committee
- Modernisation Committee
- National Resilience Committee
- Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee
- Numeracy for Life Committee
- Panel of Chairs
- Procedure and Privileges Committee
- Procedure Committee
- Public Accounts Committee
- Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
- Public Services Committee
- Retirement and Participation Committee
- Science and Technology Committee
- Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
- Services Committee
- Social Mobility Policy Committee
- Speaker's Conference (2024)
- Standing Orders (Private Bills) Committee (Lords)
- Standing Orders Committee (Commons)
- Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
- Sub-Committee on Leave of Absence
- UK Engagement with Space Committee
Joint committees
10 committees
- Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
- Ecclesiastical Committee
- Human Rights (Joint Committee)
- Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament
- National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
- Palace of Westminster (Joint Committee)
- Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission
- Restoration and Renewal Client Board
- Restoration and Renewal Programme Board
- Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Grand committees
1 committee
Other committees
12 committees
- Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance Committee
- Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)
- Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion
- Court of Referees
- House of Commons Commission
- Lord Speaker's Advisory Panel on Works of Art
- Lord Speaker's committee on the size of the House
- Members Estimate Audit Committee
- Public Accounts Commission
- Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
- Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
- Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Source: the official UK Parliament committees list.