Liaison Committee - First Report
Rebuilding the House: Select Committee Issues

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 14 January 2010.

Contents

Terms of Reference

1 Introduction

2 Chairs and members

Election of Chairs

Appointment of members

Election of members

Disqualifications from membership

Dismissal from membership

3 Size, number and role of select committees

Size of committees

Number of committees

Role of committees

4 Setting the agenda

A new way of setting the agenda

Estimates days and scrutiny of expenditure

"Ten-minute rule" report presentations

5 Involving the public

Select committees and the public

Petitions

6 Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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Prepared 27 January 2010