This page lists all of the former Select Committees
(October 1991 to July 2005: replaced by Administration Committee)
(October 1991 to July 2005: replaced by a new Administration Committee)
(select committee on) (April to June 2001)
(2001 to January 2009: replaced by Committee on Members' Allowances)
(1979 to July 2001: replaced by Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee)
(March 2001 to July 2002)
(December 2005 to April 2006)
(July 2004 to April 2005)
(December 2008 to July 2009)
(March 2005 to March 2006)
Joint Committee on the Draft Bribery Bill
(select committee on) (October 1991 to July 2005: replaced by Administration Committee)
(2007 to 2009: replaced by Business, Innovation and Skills Committee)
(2007 to 2009: replaced by Administration Committee)
(December 1997 to March 1998)
(July 2007 - June 2010: replaced by the Education Committee)
(July 2001 to February 2002)
(July 2009 - April 2010)
(September 2003 to July 2007: replaced by Justice Committee)
(March to June 2004)
(May to November 2006)
(select committee on) (December 2005 to October 2007) (also see the Lords Committee)
(January to May 2008 (also see the Commons Committee)
(May to September 2004)
(February to April 2005)
(July to November 2003)
(April to August 2007)
(May to July 2002)
(June to December 2012)
(May to July 2008)
(March to July 2003)
(March 2011 - October 2011)
(March to June 2011)
(December 2003 to May 2004)
(July 2012 to January 2013)
(July 2011 to December 2011)
(June to July 1999)
(July 2003 to July 2004)
(July 2011 - March 2012)
(May to August 2007)
(May to July 2006)
(July 2004 to March 2005)
(April 2009-April 2010)
(March 2009-April 2010)
(1995 to July 2001: replaced by Education and Skills Committee and Work and Pensions Committee)
(July 2001 to 2007: replaced by Children, Schools and Families Committee)
(1997 to 2001: replaced by Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee)
(November 2009 to May 2012: Remits reallocated as follows: employment matters: Sub-Committee B; Consumer protection, Equality and Cultural issues: Sub-Committee E; Health, Education and Sport issues: Sub-Committee F)
(December 2010 to July 2011)
(19th century to July 2002)
(July 2002 to May 2003)
(2007 to 2009: replaced by Business, Innovation and Skills Committee and Science and Technology Committee)
(December 2007 to July 2008)
(December 2009-April 2010)
(January to September 2003: replaced by Constitutional Affairs Committee)
(September 2000 to March 2001)
(February 2009 to April 2010)
(November 2003 to May 2012: replaced by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee)
(July 2005 to April 2010)
(December 1998 to February 2001)
(2002 to 2006: replaced by Communities and Local Government Committee)
(July 1997 to April 1999)
(1996 to February 1998)
(1999 onwards) (since March 2008 called the Committee on Arms Export Controls)
(July 2009 to April 2010)
(December 2006 to November 2007)
(May to June 2002)
(1992 to 2007: replaced by Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee)
(1979 to 2001: replaced by Work and Pensions Committee)
(July 2003 to December 2005)
(January to May 2001)
(March 2001 to February 2002)
(January 2001 to May 2002)
(1983 to 2007: replaced by Business and Enterprise Committee)
(July 2001 to July 2002: replaced by Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee and Transport Committee)
(October to November 2004)
(July 2001 to May 2002)
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