Select committees

E546600
legislative committee parliamentary committee

Select committees are small groups of legislators appointed to examine specific issues, policies, or government activities in detail and report their findings to the larger parliamentary body.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Select committee 1
Parliamentary select committees 1
select committee 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative committee ⓘ
parliamentary committee ⓘ
canInfluence government accountability ⓘ
legislative agenda ⓘ
public opinion ⓘ
public policy ⓘ
existsInSystem Westminster parliamentary system ⓘ
bicameral legislatures ⓘ
unicameral legislatures ⓘ
hasCharacteristic cross-party membership ⓘ
issue-specific ⓘ
operates through hearings and inquiries ⓘ
small in size ⓘ
temporary or permanent ⓘ
hasDefinition a small group of legislators appointed to examine specific issues, policies, or government activities in detail and report findings to the larger parliamentary body ⓘ
hasFunction to call witnesses ⓘ
to conduct inquiries ⓘ
to hold hearings ⓘ
to monitor implementation of laws ⓘ
to oversee executive actions ⓘ
to produce reports ⓘ
to request documents ⓘ
hasMember legislator ⓘ
member of parliament ⓘ
senator ⓘ
hasProcess deliberation ⓘ
evidence gathering ⓘ
publication of findings ⓘ
report drafting ⓘ
hasPurpose to examine government activities ⓘ
to gather evidence and information ⓘ
to make recommendations to the parent legislature ⓘ
to review public policy ⓘ
to scrutinize specific issues ⓘ
isDifferentFrom committee of the whole ⓘ
joint committee ⓘ
standing committee ⓘ
mayBe ad hoc ⓘ
time-limited ⓘ
topic-specific ⓘ
mayBeCreatedBy presiding officer of a legislative body ⓘ
resolution of a legislative chamber ⓘ
speaker of the house ⓘ
standing orders of a parliament ⓘ
reportsTo house of parliament ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
usesOutput proposed legislative changes ⓘ
recommendations ⓘ
written report ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parl → hasCommitteeType → Select committees ⓘ
Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives → canServeOn → Select committees ⓘ
subject surface form: Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
this entity surface form: select committees of the U.S. House of Representatives
Ad hoc committees (India) → hasType → Select committees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Select committee
New Zealand government departments → subjectToOversightBy → Select committees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliamentary select committees
Public Accounts Committee of the Dewan Rakyat → typeOfCommittee → Select committees ⓘ
this entity surface form: select committee