COMMONS

Liaison Committee (Commons)

Welcome to the Liaison Committee

The Committee is appointed to consider general matters relating to the work of select committees; to advise the House of Commons Commission on select committees; to choose select committee reports for debate in the House and, by a decision of the House on 14 May 2002, to hear evidence from the Prime Minister on matters of public policy.

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Date Business
23 February 2012
10:00 am
 Subject: Select Committee powers and effectiveness
Witness(es): Rt Hon Peter Riddell, Institute for Government, Professor Robert Hazell, Director, Constitution Unit, UCL, Dr Ruth Fox, Hansard Society, Dr Meg Russell, Deputy Director, Constitution Unit, UCL, Professor Matthew Flinders, Professor of Parliamentary Government & Governance, Department of Politics, The University of Sheffield
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Inquiries

Publications

Title Date published
Evidence from the Prime Minister - written evidence 15 December 2011
Evidence from the Prime Minister - oral evidence - 8 November 2011 08 November 2011
Evidence from the Prime Minister - oral evidence - 6 September 2011 | PDF version Evidence from the Prime Minister - oral evidence - 6 September 2011 (PDF) 18 October 2011

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