Commons Select Committee on Standards

The Commons Select Committee on Standards is appointed by the House of Commons to oversee the work of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.

History

It came into being on 7 January 2013 as one half of the replacements for the Committee on Standards and Privileges. The latter committee was divided into the Committee on Standards and Committee of Privileges in order that the Standards Committee might employ lay members.

Membership

As of September 2020, the members of the committee is as follow:

Member		Party	Constituency
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Chris Bryant MP (Chair)	Labour	Rhondda
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Alberto Costa MP	Conservative	South Leicestershire
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Andy Carter MP	Conservative	Warrington South
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" |	Anne McLaughlin MP	Scottish National Party	Glasgow North East
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Sir Bernard Jenkin MP	Conservative	Harwich and North Essex
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Chris Elmore MP	Labour	Ogmore
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Mark Fletcher MP	Conservative	Bolsover

The committee also has 5 lay members, which are, as of September 2020: Tammy Banks, Jane Burgess, Rita Dexter, Dr Arun Midha and Paul Thorogood.

External links

• The Committee's website