select committee

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Royal Mail executives were hauled in front of a parliamentary select committee in March to respond to the claims.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Foreign Affairs select committee chair Dame Emily Thornberry has invited Sir Olly to give evidence on Tuesday next week, the second time he will have been quizzed about his involvement in the Mandelson scandal.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

But he faced pressure from Labour MP Tan Dhesi, who chairs the defence select committee, who warned that further delay to the plan risked "further damage to our defence-industrial base".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

"You're killing the tree by removing the roots," he told MPs at a special hearing of the House of Commons Science Innovation and Technology select committee earlier this month.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

The president of the republic, Kruger, however, handed over his prisoners to the British authorities, and parliament instituted an inquiry by a select committee into the circumstances of the raid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various