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Standing committee
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A standing committee is a subunit of a political or deliberative body established in a permanent fashion to aid the parent assembly in accomplishing its duties. A standing committee is usually granted jurisdiction over a particular area of legislation by the parent body.
In the People's Republic of China, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is the supreme decision-making body.
The phrase is used in the legislatures of the following countries:
- Canada: see Standing committee (Canada)
- China: see Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
- United States: see Standing committee (United States Congress)
- United Kingdom: see Public bill committee
- Australia: see Australian House of Representatives committees and Australian Senate committees
- India