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select committee

noun

  1. a committee, as of a legislative body, that is formed to examine and report on a specific bill or issue.


select committee

noun

  1. (in Britain) a small committee composed of members of parliament, set up by either House of Parliament to investigate and report back on a specified matter of interest
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Origin of select committee1

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
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A report by parliament's cross-party transport select committee found "systematic" failings across all public transport and says "too great a burden is placed on individual disabled people" to hold operators and authorities to account.

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Work and pensions select committee chair Debbie Abrahams, a Labour MP, said there were "more compassionate" ways to balance the books "rather than on the back of sick and disabled people".

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Schiff previously served in the House, where he helped lead the select committee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.

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In January Ms Pritchard had a bruising experience at the hands of two parliamentary select committees.

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For select committees, political parties control the process and allocate seats in proportion to the size of each party's parliamentary intake.

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