Committee on Standards and Privileges
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The Committee on Standards and Privileges of the United Kingdom House of Commons was established in 1995 to replace the earlier Committee of Privileges. Eleven Members of Parliament sit to make recommendations to the House on complaints of breach of Parliamentary privilege.
[edit] Membership
The current members of the committee are:
- Sir George Young (Chairman), Conservative
- Kevin Barron, Labour
- David Curry, Conservative
- Andrew Dismore, Labour
- Nick Harvey, Liberal Democrats
- Brian Jenkins, Labour
- Elfyn Llwyd, Plaid Cymru
- Chris Mullin, Labour
- Nicholas Soames, Conservative
- Alan Whitehead, Labour