To monitor the performance of the Government, the Legislative Council has established 18 panels to deliberate on issues relating to specific policy areas. These panels also give views on major legislative or financial proposals before their formal introduction into the Council or Finance Committee, as well as examine important issues of wide public concern as referred by the Council, House Committee or as raised by the panels themselves.
# The Subcommittees on the waiting list lapsed at the end of the term of office of the Legislative Council under section 9(4) of the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap 542).
