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select committee

noun

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  1. A committee made up of a number of parliamentary or legislative members appointed to deal…

    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.

    • 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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