Question

To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many House of Commons bodies include lay members.

I take the hon. Gentleman’s question to be referring to bodies whose membership includes Members of the House. On this understanding, the following bodies have lay members:

• Committee on Standards
• Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance Committee
• Members Estimate Audit Committee
• Fire Safety Committee

There are also two statutory bodies whose secretariats are based in the House of Commons and whose membership includes Members and non-Members:

• House of Commons Commission
• Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

There are also two bicameral bodies whose membership includes Members and non-Members:

• The Shadow Sponsor Board responsible for commissioning the Restoration and Renewal Programme
• Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Board