Support for select committees
We help select committees consider how to work effectively and maximise their impact.
How select committees work
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Select committees
What are select committees? Who is eligible to sit on them? What happens to select committees when a general election is called?
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Election of select committee chairs and members in the House of Commons
This explainer sets how select committee chairs and members are elected.
Select committee effectiveness
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Select committees under scrutiny
The research in this report examines the relationship between select committee inquiries and their impact on government during the last parliament.
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Select committees under scrutiny: Case studies from the 2010-15 parliament
This paper is published to accompany our report, Select Committees Under Scrutiny: The impact of parliamentary committee inquiries on government.
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Being an effective select committee member
This publication draws together the views and ideas of people with experience of interacting with select committees.
Improving accountability
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Accountability after Brexit
The prime minister – or MPs – must overhaul parliament's feeble Brexit scrutiny.
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Parliamentary Monitor 2021
The government must drop its dismissive approach to scrutiny as parliament returns to in-person sittings.
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Parliament’s role in the coronavirus crisis: holding the government to account
The government’s move to return the Commons to its usual ways of working when it returns from recess, is deeply concerning.
IfG Academy team
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Hannah White
Director and CEO
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Catherine Haddon
Programme Director
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Alice Lilly
Senior Researcher