Joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

A joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is a legislative joint committee formed to examine a particular issue, whose members are drawn from both the House of Commons and House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a type of Parliamentary committee of the United Kingdom.

Permanent joint select committees

Three permanent joint select committees meet regularly:

Two committees meet as required to scrutinize bills that seek to consolidate existing statutes or to simplify the language of tax laws:

Temporary joint select committees

Temporary Joint Select committees are formed to consider either a specific topic or a proposed law that requires particular scrutiny.
Former committees have considered the following specific topics:

Parliamentary Privilege
House of Lords Reform
Conventions on the relationship between the two Houses of Parliament
Privacy and Injunctions
Banking Standards
Parliamentary Privilege
Palace of Westminster

Other joint committees

There are two statutory committees whose membership is formed from both the Commons and the Lords:

In addition, a joint committee advises on the security of the Parliamentary Estate:

Joint Committee on Security