Privileges Committee

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The Privileges Committee is a key UK House of Commons body responsible for investigating and reporting on alleged breaches of parliamentary privilege and contempt of Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf select committee of the House of Commons ⓘ
aimsTo protect the authority of Parliament ⓘ
uphold parliamentary privilege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Committee on Privileges ⓘ
canRecommend expulsion of Members ⓘ
formal admonishment ⓘ
other disciplinary measures ⓘ
suspension of Members ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
decisionProcess evidence‑based inquiry ⓘ
hearings and written evidence ⓘ
distinctFrom Committee on Standards in Public Life ⓘ
Standards Committee ⓘ
governs matters of privilege referred by the House ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Members of Parliament ⓘ
non‑Members involved in contempt of Parliament ⓘ
hasCharacteristic chaired by a senior MP ⓘ
cross‑party membership ⓘ
hasRole investigating alleged breaches of parliamentary privilege ⓘ
investigating alleged contempts of Parliament ⓘ
recommending sanctions in cases of contempt ⓘ
reporting to the House of Commons on its findings ⓘ
hasScopeLimitation acts on matters formally referred to it ⓘ
cannot itself impose sanctions ⓘ
jurisdiction House of Commons ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalBasis Standing Orders of the House of Commons ⓘ
locatedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Palace of Westminster ⓘ
mayReceive references from the House of Commons ⓘ
name Committee of Privileges ⓘ
parentOrganization UK Parliament ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
partOf House of Commons ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
publishes reports to the House of Commons ⓘ
relatedTo House of Commons Standing Orders ⓘ
parliamentary discipline ⓘ
parliamentary procedure ⓘ
reportsTo House of Commons ⓘ
scopeOfWork contempt of Parliament ⓘ
parliamentary privilege ⓘ
subjectOf public and media scrutiny in high‑profile cases ⓘ
supervises questions of interference with parliamentary proceedings ⓘ
typeOfBody disciplinary committee ⓘ
investigatory committee ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Commons committees → hasNotableExample → Privileges Committee ⓘ
Privileges Committee → name → Committee of Privileges ⓘ
linked to: Privileges Committee
Privileges Committee → alsoKnownAs → Committee on Privileges ⓘ
linked to: Privileges Committee
Mar Peerage Case → heardBy → Committee for Privileges ⓘ
linked to: Privileges Committee
Mar Peerage Case → relatedTo → Committee for Privileges and Conduct ⓘ
linked to: Privileges Committee