Minutes of Proceedings Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments

House of Lords

House of Commons

Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments

Minutes of Proceedings

Session 2003–04

Ordered by the House of Lords

to be printed 13 December 2004

Ordered by the House of Commons

to be printed 18 November 2004

The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments

The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments is appointed to consider all statutory instruments made in exercise of powers granted by Act of Parliament. Instruments not laid before Parliament are included within the Committee's remit; but local instruments and instruments made by devolved administrations do not fall to be considered by JCSI unless they are required to be laid before Parliament.

The Joint Committee is empowered draw the special attention of both Houses to an instrument on any one of a number of grounds specified in the Standing Order under which it works; or on any other ground which does not impinge upon the merits of the instruments or the policy behind it.

Current membership

Mr David Tredinnick MP (Conservative, Bosworth) (appointed Chairman, 5 July 2001)

Andrew Bennett MP (Labour, Denton and Reddish)

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson MP (Democratic Unionist, Lagan Valley)

Mr Eric Forth MP (Conservative, Bromley & Chislehurst)

Mr Kevin Hughes MP (Labour, Doncaster North)

Chris Mole MP (Labour, Ipswich)

Brian White MP (Labour, Milton Keynes North East)

Lord Brougham and Vaux CBE (Conservative)

Baroness Gale (Labour)

Lord Greenway (Cross Bench)

Lord Hardy of Wath (Labour) (died 16 December 2003)

Lord Lea of Crondall OBE (Labour)

Lord Mancroft (Conservative)

Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat) (died 14 October 2004)

Lord Skelmersdale (Conservative)

The following members were also members of the committee during the parliament.

Mr Harold Best MP(Labour, Leeds North West)

Mr Ivan Henderson MP(Labour, Harwich)

Mr Jonathan Djanogly MP(Conservative, Huntingdon)

Mr Andrew Rosindell MP(Conservative, Romford)

Mr Huw Irranca-Davies MP(Labour, Ogmore)

Powers

The full constitution and powers of the Committee are set out in House of Commons Standing Order No. 141 and House of Lords Standing Order No. 74, available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk.

Publications

The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of both Houses. All publications of the Committee are available on the Internet from http://www.parliament.uk/jcsi.

Committee staff

The current staff of the Committee are Mick Hillyard (Clerk), Brian Dye (Committee Assistant) and Jane Lauder (Secretary).

Contacts

All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 2830; the Committee's email address is [e-mail]

Proceedings of the Committee

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Prepared: 5 January 2005