The Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills is appointed by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to consider Consolidation Bills, Statute Law Revision Bills and Statute Law Repeal Bills.

The Joint Committee has a maximum of twelve Members appointed by each House, of whom the quorum for any formal proceedings is three from the House of Lords and two from the House of Commons.

Membership

HOUSE OF LORDS	HOUSE OF COMMONS
Lord Acton (Labour)	John Bercow (Conservative, Buckingham)
Viscount Bledisloe (Crossbencher)	Mr Brian Binley (Conservative, Northampton South)
Lord Campbell of Alloway (Conservative)	Mr Russell Brown (Labour, Dumfries and Galloway)
Lord Christopher (Labour)	Mr Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrats, Orkney and Shetland)
Viscount Colville of Culross (Crossbencher)	Mr William Cash (Conservative, Stone)
Earl of Dundee (Conservative)	Mr Martin Caton (Labour, Gower)
Baroness Fookes (Conservative)	Colin Challen (Labour, Morley and Rothwell)
Lord Janner of Braunstone (Labour)	Jim Dobbin (Labour, Heywood and Middleton)
Baroness Mallalieu (Labour)	Mr Stephen Dorrell (Conservative, Charnwood)
Lord Methuen (Liberal Democrat)	Paul Farrelly (Labour, Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Lord Razzall (Liberal Democrat)	Mr John MacDougall (Labour, Glenrothes)
Lord Rodger of Earlsferry (Chairman) (Crossbencher)	Lynda Waltho (Labour, Stourbridge)

Powers

The Committee has the power to require the submission of written evidence and documents, to examine witnesses, to meet at any time (except when Parliament is prorogued or dissolved), and to make Reports to both Houses. The Lords Committee has power to agree with the Commons in the appointment of a Chairman.

Publications

The Reports and Evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the two Houses. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the internet at www.parliament.uk

Committee Staff

The current staff of the Committee are: Dr Emily Baldock (Lords Clerk) and Dr Celia Blacklock (Commons Clerk).

Contacts

All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills, Public Bill Office, House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 5438.