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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. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords Eleven Members of Parliament sit to make recommendations to the House on complaints of breach of Parliamentary privilege. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Parliamentary privilege, also known as absolute privilege, is a legal mechanism employed within the legislative bodies of countries whose Constitutions are based on

Membership

The current members of the committee are:

See also

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