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How effectively do select committees perform their functions?
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How effectively do select committees perform their functions? There have been select committees in the House of Commons since the nineteenth century. However, it wasn't until 1979 that additional departmental select committees were set up with enhanced powers. The departmental select committees are a vital check on the government. In typical parliamentary style, the making of committees is complicated. Committees are formally recreated at the start of each parliament, and the membership of each committee is voted on by all MPs soon after the Commons starts sitting. Members are appointed for the full parliamentary term, though changes are fairly common - for instance, when members become ministers or frontbenchers. Changes must formally be voted on by the whole House. Chairs of the committees are elected at the first meeting by the committee itself, though there is usually an obvious 'senior' candidate. Membership of each committee is effectively decided by the committee...
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