The Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, or simply the Speaker's Committee, is a body created under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 to scrutinise the Electoral Commission. Through the Committee's members, the Commission is able to field questions in the House of Commons in a manner similar to the way ministers do.
Composition
The Committee comprises nine MPs: the Speaker of the House of Commons (who also serves as its chair), the Lord President of the Council, the Chair of the select committee responsible for electoral issues, the minister responsible for local government, and five others nominated by the Speaker who are not Ministers of the Crown. As of 12 November 2012, the members of the Committee are as follows: