Talk:Select committee (United Kingdom)

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Do Select Committees have the power to compel the attendance of witnesses? If so, how and why? They are not part of the legal system. What happens if a witness refuses to attend?

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History

The history does not make any sense. Apparently, select committees came into being in 1979 on the recommendation of a select committee set up in 1976. I rather think that select committees existed quite some time before 1976. They existed before 1676, let alone 1976, so at the very least, the history section is appallingly deficient. SpinningSpark 14:14, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Election of chairs

The first section ends with "the new chairs of the 26 select committees will be elected in September 2024." which I'd like to change: replacing "will be" with "were". But were they? I googled to find the answer, but couldn't, so I came to wikipedia . . . in October 2024, only to read that they "will be elected in September 2024" . . . [sigh!] Nick Barnett (talk) 16:13, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

Hey there - great idea. Most, but not all, were elected in September. Most committees confirm a chair and then committee members, but some committees like the Joint Committee on Human Rights confirm members first. This is the list of chairs who were confirmed in September, I've updated the page and linked to this [1]https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2024/september/select-committee-chair-elections/ Mcapl (talk) 19:37, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

suggest 'in popular culture' section

Suggest adding an 'in popular culture' section with the following text - there are more good instances out there, will come back with others. Have a conflict of interest as I work for select committees and want people to understand them more. The HBO page for the show mentions committees as well as the description of the episode on the Industry page [2]

A select committee evidence session is featured in season 3, episode 5 of Industry (TV series). In the episode, Robert is sent to represent Pierpoint as part of the committee's inquiry into the collapse and bailout of Lumi, a green energy tech company. Mcapl (talk) 14:31, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your request.

I'm not sure that I see any strong conflict of interest here (in terms of there being any risk of promotionalism or non-neutral point of view). I'm perfectly happy for you to proceed to make the change you have suggested above, which seems to be like a rather good idea. As an another possible example, what about this television series [3], which although predominantly about events relating to a public enquiry does also include (I believe) scenes of a select committee. Best wishes, Axad12 (talk) 10:21, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Agreed. Great, will do that - think there's a lot that could be done to improve the page, just want to ensure all is done as it should be. Thanks for your help. Mcapl (talk) 19:10, 20 October 2024 (UTC)