Select Committee on Statutory Instruments

The Select Committee on Statutory Instruments is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to scrutinise statutory instruments made in exercise of powers granted by Act of Parliament where the instrument has been laid before the House of Commons only. The committee's responsibilities are those the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments has with respect to instruments laid before both Houses, and its members are the Commons members of the joint committee.

Membership

2024–present Parliament

Membership of the committee is as follows:

Member		Party	Constituency
	Bernard Jenkin MP (Chair)	Conservative	Harwich and North Essex
	Lewis Atkinson MP	Labour	Sunderland Central
	Mark Ferguson MP	Labour	Gateshead Central and Whickham
	Claire Hughes MP	Labour	Bangor Aberconwy
	Charlie Maynard MP	Liberal Democrats	Witney
	Gordon McKee MP	Labour	Glasgow South
	Julie Minns MP	Labour	Carlisle

2021−2023 Parliament

As of January 2023, the members of the committee are as follows:

Member	Party		Constituency
Jessica Morden (Chair)		Labour	Newport East
Peter Grant		Scottish National Party	Glenrothes
Paul Holmes		Conservative	Eastleigh
Gareth Johnson		Conservative	Dartford
Damien Moore		Conservative	Southport
Maggie Throup		Conservative	Erewash
Liz Twist		Labour	Blaydon

2019−2021 Parliament

As of May 2021, the members of the committee were as follows:

Member	Party		Constituency
Jessica Morden (Chair)		Labour	Newport East
James Davies		Conservative	Vale of Clwyd
Paul Holmes		Conservative	Eastleigh
John Lamont		Conservative	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Robert Syms		Conservative	Poole
Richard Thomson		Scottish National Party	Gordon
Liz Twist		Labour	Blaydon

Changes since 2019

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
2 March 2020		Eddie Hughes MP (Conservative)	Walsall North	→		Paul Holmes MP (Conservative)	Eastleigh	Hansard
25 May 2021		Owen Thompson MP (SNP)	Midlothian	→		Richard Thomson MP (SNP)	Gordon	Hansard

2017−2019 Parliament

Members were announced on 30 October 2017.

Member	Party		Constituency
Dan Carden		Labour	Liverpool Walton
Vicky Foxcroft		Labour	Lewisham Deptford
Patrick Grady		SNP	Glasgow North
John Lamont		Conservative	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Lee Rowley		Conservative	North East Derbyshire
Robert Syms		Conservative	Poole
Derek Twigg		Labour	Halton

Changes 2017−2019

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
23 April 2018		Lee Rowley MP (Conservative)	North East Derbyshire	→		Julia Lopez MP (Conservative)	Hornchurch and Upminster	Hansard
5 November 2018		Derek Twigg MP (Labour)	Halton	→		Jessica Morden MP (Labour)	Newport East	Hansard
29 April 2019		Dan Carden MP (Labour)	Liverpool Walton	→		Susan Elan Jones MP (Labour)	Clwyd South	Hansard
8 October 2019		Julia Lopez MP (Conservative)	Hornchurch and Upminster	→		Maria Caulfield MP (Conservative)	Lewes	Hansard

2015−2017 Parliament

Members were announced on 13 July 2015.

Member	Party		Constituency
Tom Blenkinsop		Labour	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Michael Ellis		Conservative	Eastleigh
Stephen Hammond		Conservative	Wimbledon
Derek Twigg		Labour	Halton

Changes 2015−2017

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
20 July 2015	New seat			→		Ian Liddell-Grainger MP (Conservative)	Bridgwater and West Somerset	Hansard
2 November 2015		Michael Ellis MP (Conservative)	Eastleigh	→		Victoria Prentis MP (Conservative)	Banbury	Hansard
22 February 2016		Tom Blenkinsop MP (Labour)	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	→		Vicky Foxcroft MP (Labour)	Lewisham Deptford	Hansard

See also

• List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament

External links

• Select Committee on Statutory Instruments