Select Committees

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Parliamentary select committees can be appointed from the House of Commons, from the House of Lords, or as a "Joint Committee" drawn from both. Committees may exist as "sessional" committees – ie. be near-permanent – or as "ad-hoc" committees with a specific deadline by which to complete their work, after which they cease to exist, such as the recent Lords Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change.

  • The House of Commons Select Committees are generally responsible for overseeing the work of govt departments and agencies.
  • House of Lords Committees look at general issues, such as the constitution (considered by the Constitution Committee), or the economy (considered by the Economic Affairs Committee).
  • Both Houses have their own committees to review drafts of European Union directives: the European Union Committee in the House of Lords, and the European Scrutiny Committee in the House of Commons.

Election of Chairmen: Select Committee chairs are directly elected by a secret ballot of the whole House of Commons using the Instant-runoff votingWikipedia-W.svg system. Candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated and their votes redistributed until one remaining candidate has more than half of valid votes. Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament, or when there is a vacancy.[1]


Russia Co-ordination Group

  • no w'pedia entry
  • Not sure this is a Select Cttee; might be an APPG, or just an informal group...
  • Formed Apr.2018, in response to various perceived Russian threats.
  • Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, is leading the group
  • Bob Seely, a Conservative MP and expert on Russian warfare, will act as secretary.


Joint Committees

Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom § Joint House CommitteesWikipedia-W.svg

Human Rights

National Security Strategy

Lords Select Committees

Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom § House of LordsWikipedia-W.svg

Science and Technology Committee

The Committee has a broad remit "to consider science and technology".

Commons Select Committees

Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom § Select CommitteesWikipedia-W.svg + Select committee (United Kingdom)Wikipedia-W.svg

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee

Defence Committee

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, formerly the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, established in 1997. It oversees the operations of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport which replaced the Department for Culture, Media and Sport which also replaced the Department for National Heritage. The name was changed on 3 July 2017.[1]

Education Committee

The Education Committee examines the administration, expenditure and policy of the Department for Education, and also covers the work of non-departmental public bodies.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its associated public bodies.

Environmental Audit Committee

Exiting the European Union Committee

Foreign Affairs Committee

Scrutinises the work of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Carries out many inquiries, and publishes a variety of reports, including an annual Human Rights Report.

Health & Social Care Committee

Oversees the operations of the Department of Health & Social Care and its associated bodies.

Home Affairs Committee

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

International Development Committee

International Trade Committee

Justice Select Committee

The Justice Select Committee scrutinizes the policy, administration, and spending of the Ministry of Justice. In addition, the committee examines the work of the Law Officers of the Crown, the Serious Fraud Office, and the Crown Prosecution Service. The committee also reviews draft Sentencing Guidelines issued by the Sentencing Council.

Liaison Committee

The Liaison Committee consists of the Chairmen of the 32 Commons Select Committees and the chairman of the Joint Committee on Human Rights.

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

The PACAC examines the reports of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, and to consider matters relating to the quality and standards of administration provided by civil service departments, and other matters relating to the civil service, mostly for England and Wales, and constitutional affairs. Gov.uk, Website

Standards Committee

Appointed by the House of Commons to oversee the work of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. Parliamentary Commissioner for StandardsWikipedia-W.svg

Transport Committee

The Committee's remit is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Transport and its associated public bodies.

Treasury Committee

The Committee examines the expenditure, administration and policy of HM Treasury, with all of its agencies and associated bodies, including HM Revenue and Customs, the Bank of England, the Prudential Regulation Authority, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Royal Mint, and so on.
Since 2010, the Treasury committee has taken on new powers, including the right to veto appointments to the independent Office for Budget Responsibility, and has forced the Financial Services Authority to publish a detailed report into its handling of the collapse of Royal Bank of Scotland.

Women and Equalities Committee

The Women and Equalities Committee was established following GE-2015 to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Government Equalities Office on equalities (gender, age, race, sexual orientation, disability and transgender/gender identity) issues.

Work and Pensions Committee

The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Work & Pensions and its associated public bodies. Since Jun.2015, the Committee Chair has been Frank Field.

References

  1. ^ Standing Orders. Election of select committee chairs. Session 2013-14, Parliament.uk, Jan.02.2014.