select committee

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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

But MP Chris Murray, who is a member of the Home Affairs select committee, has raised concerns that councils have not been instructed to keep paperwork as they should have been.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 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

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

At the beginning of the session of 1819-20, Mr. Scott secured the reference of the memorials concerning the admission of Missouri, presented at the preceding session, to a select committee.

From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by Burgess, John William