Meaning of select committee | Babel Free

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A committee made up of a number of parliamentary or legislative members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues beyond the authority or capacity of a standing committee.

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“In 1864 a Joint Select Committee of both houses of Parliament came out in favour of an 'inner circuit', a loop joining the main line termini in the north with those that were emerging to the south in the early 1860s: Victoria, Charing Cross and Cannon Street.”

“It now goes to the Lords Committee stage - a select committee will be appointed to consider 35 petitions once the new Parliamentary session gets underway.”

“His spokesperson did not deny that Starmer was endorsing the idea of a select committee examining Royal Lodge. “It’s important that there’s proper scrutiny when the scrutiny is needed,” they said.”

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