select committee

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Scotland's Astronomer Royal, Catherine Heymans, speaking for the UK community of astronomers, told the science select committee that the proposed cuts were "genuinely catastrophic and will be devastating for the UK."

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Since the beginning of the year, she has organized two select committee hearings under the general banner of “housing construction innovation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

Lib Dem MP Layla Moran, who is the chair of the health and care select committee, said there was "a mental health epidemic" and people were being turned away from mental health services too often.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

In a letter to the Commons Treasury select committee, OBR chairman Richard Hughes revealed that he also told the chancellor on 17 September that the public finances were in better shape than widely thought.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

The motion prevailed by a vote of 34 to 15, and a select committee was appointed, of which Mr. Vining, an opponent, was made chairman.

From Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States by Van Buren, Martin