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The Constitution Committee is a cross-party select committee of the House of Lords, the upper chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The committee's remit is "to examine the constitutional implications of all public bills coming before the House; and to keep under review the operation of the constitution".[1] There is no consolidated written constitution in the United Kingdom, but the committee has defined the constitution as "the set of laws, rules and practices that create the basic institutions of the state, and its component and related parts, and stipulate the powers of those institutions and the relationship between the different institutions and between those institutions and the individual".[2]
The committee has two main functions: examining public bills for matters of constitutional significance; and investigating wider constitutional issues.[3]
- ^ House of Lords Constitution Committee (11 July 2001). "Reviewing the Constitution: Terms of Reference and Method of Working - Chapter 1: Introduction".
- ^ House of Lords Constitution Committee (11 July 2001). "Reviewing the Constitution: Terms of Reference and Method of Working - Chapter 2: What is the Constitution?".
- ^ "Constitution Committee - role". UK Parliament.