New Delhi: House Committee of the Lok Sabha has been constituted which deals with residential accommodation and other facilities of the members.

Speaker Om Birla has named 12 members in the committee, which is headed by BJP MP and former Union minister Mahesh Sharma.

Other key members of the panel include TMC's Kalyan Banerjee, BJP's D Purandeshwari and SP's Akshay Yadav.

The committee will decide on the residence of many Lok Sabha members, including 281 first-time members.

After the formation of the 18th Lok Sabha last month, the Lok Sabha Secretariat had accommodated those members who have no official residence in the national capital at the Western Court and state buildings run by various state governments.

The 12-member committee is nominated by the Chairman for a period of one year.

The formation of the new committee was announced by the Lok Sabha Secretariat through a bulletin on Thursday.