Committee of Privileges
The Committee of Privileges is appointed by the House of Commons to consider specific matters relating to privileges referred to it by the House.
Current membership
Kate Green MP (Labour, Stretford and Urmston) (Chair)
Sir Christopher Chope MP (Conservative, Christchurch)
Stewart Malcolm McDonald MP (Scottish National Party, Glasgow South)
Bridget Phillipson MP (Labour, Houghton and Sunderland South)
John Stevenson MP (Conservative, Carlisle)
Sir Gary Streeter MP (Conservative, South West Devon)
Liz Twist MP (Labour, Blaydon)
Powers
The constitution and powers of the Committee are set out in Standing Order No.148A. In particular, the Committee has power to order the attendance of any Member of Parliament before the Committee and to require that specific documents or records in the possession of a Member relating to its inquiries be laid before the Committee. The Committee has power to refuse to allow its public proceedings to be broadcast. The Law Officers, if they are Members of Parliament, may attend and take part in the Committee’s proceedings, but may not vote.
Publications
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Committee reports are published on the Committee’s website at www.parliament.uk/privileges and in print by Order of the House.
Evidence relating to this report is published on the relevant inquiry page of the Committee’s website.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Robin James (Clerk), Medha Bhasin (Second Clerk) and Jim Camp (Committee Assistant).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Committee of Privileges, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 3259; the Committee’s email address is hcc-privileges@parliament.uk.
Published: 27 March 2019