Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments

The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments is a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to scrutinise all statutory instruments made in exercise of powers granted by Acts of Parliament. Instruments laid before the House of Commons alone are considered by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments, which is composed of the Commons members of the joint committee.

Chairs

Committee chairs include those listed below.

Name Start End Party Constituency
Bob Cryer 3 May 1979 9 June 1983 Labour Keighley
Andrew Bennett 9 June 1983 15 May 1987 Labour Denton and Reddish
Bob Cryer 15 May 1987 12 April 1994 Labour Bradford South
Andrew Bennett 26 April 1994 21 March 1997 Labour Denton and Reddish
David Tredinnick 5 June 1997 11 April 2005 Conservative Bosworth
Eric Forth 5 July 2005 17 May 2006 Conservative Bromley and Chislehurst
David Maclean 14 June 2006 6 May 2010 Conservative Penrith and The Border
George Mudie 14 July 2010 30 March 2015 Labour Leeds East
Derek Twigg 15 July 2015 5 November 2018 Labour Halton
Jessica Morden 14 November 2018 30 May 2024 Labour Newport East
Bernard Jenkin 16 October 2024 present Conservative Harwich and North Essex

Membership

As of September 2026, the members of the committee are as follows:

Member Party Constituency / Peerage
Sir Bernard Jenkin(Chair) Conservative Harwich and North Essex
Lewis Atkinson Labour Sunderland Central
Graham Brady Conservative Baron Brady of Altrincham
Charlotte Cane Liberal Democrat Ely and East Cambridgeshire
Harold Carter Crossbench Baron Carter of Haslemere
Helena Dollimore Labour Hastings and Rye
Anji Hunter Labour Baroness Hunter of Auchenreoch
Susan Miller Liberal Democrat Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
John Monks Labour Baron Monks
Andrew Pakes Labour Peterborough
David Pinto-Duschinsky Labour Hendon
Gareth Snell Labour Stoke-on-Trent Central
Keith Stewart Conservative Baron Stewart of Dirleton

See also

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