Departmental Select Committees

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The daily working documents of the House of Commons are known collectively as the “Vote Bundle” or just “the Vote”. It consists of a set of papers, some printed on white, and others on blue, containing information about the business of the day, the transactions of the previous day’s sitting, and notices for future days.

Departmental select committees are cross-party groups of MPs responsible for the scrutiny of government departments. This Factsheet examines the role and work of these committees.

P02 - Departmental Select Committees ( PDF 219 KB)

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Committees

Individual Select Committee pages
Select Committee Press Notices
Background about Parliamentary Committees [includes links to Guide for Witnesses]

Commons Library Research Papers

Commons Library Research Paper - Shifting control? Aspects of the executive-parliamentary relationship ( PDF 357 KB)
Common Library Research Paper - Departmental Select Committees ( PDF 347 KB)

Parliamentary Papers

Select Committees: Modernisation Proposals, Liaison Committee, Second Report, HC 692 2001-02
Select Committees, Modernisation Committee First Report, HC 224 2001-02
Shifting the balance: Unfinished Business, Liaison Committee, First Report, HC 321 2000-01

Debates

Debate on Modernisation Committee First Report of 2001-02 [HC Deb 14 May 2002 c648-731]

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