HOUSE OF LORDS - United Kingdom Parliament

appoints a select committee, on a proposal from the Committee of
Selection, and agrees the powers, orders of reference and time and place
of the first meeting.
11.42 An addition to the number of members of a joint committee, or a
change in its order of reference, is made in the same way.
11.43 Leave is always given to a joint committee to appoint its own
chairman. Any power to be exercised by a joint committee must be
granted by both Houses. The procedure in a joint committee is that of
select committees of the House of Lords (with the exception of the Joint
Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills, which follows Commons
procedure).
SESSIONAL COMMITTEES
11.44 The following committees are usually reappointed by the House in
each new session. They fall into three categories: first, those on public
matters; second, those on private business; finally, the “domestic”
committees through which the House regulates its internal affairs.
Committees on public matters
11.45 The chairman of these committees is nominated by the
Committee of Selection, save for the joint committees which appoint
their own chairman.
Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills
11.46 This joint committee is described at paragraphs 8.208–8.209.
Constitution Committee
11.47 The committee’s terms of reference are to examine the
constitutional implications of all public bills coming before the House; and
to keep under review the operation of the constitution.
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
11.48 The committee’s terms of reference require it to report “whether
the provisions of any bill inappropriately delegate legislative power, or
whether they subject the exercise of delegated power to an
inappropriate degree of parliamentary scrutiny; … [on] documents and
draft orders laid before Parliament under sections 14 and 18 of the
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