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select committee
noun
- a committee, as of a legislative body, that is formed to examine and report on a specific bill or issue.
select committee
noun
- (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
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of select committee1
Example Sentences
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.
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".
Schiff previously served in the House, where he helped lead the select committee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.
In January Ms Pritchard had a bruising experience at the hands of two parliamentary select committees.
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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