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Liaison Committee (Commons)

Commons Select Committee

The Liaison Committee is made up of Select Committee Chairs. It considers the overall work of select committees, promotes effective scrutiny of Government and chooses committee reports for debates. It questions the Prime Minister about policy, usually three times a year.

 

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Reports, special reports and government responses

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First Report - Promoting national strategy: How select committee scrutiny can improve strategic thinking in Whitehall
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First Special Report: The effectiveness and influence of the select committee system: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2017–19
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4th Report - The effectiveness and influence of the select committee system
Inquiry The effectiveness and influence of the select committee system inquiry
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Correspondence

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Letter to the Prime Minister regarding the anticipated Government response to the Committee's first report of Session 2023-24, Promoting national strategy: How select committee scrutiny can improve strategic thinking in Whitehall, dated 18 December 2024.
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Letter from the Chair of the Modernisation Committee relating to strategic scrutiny, dated 18 December 2024.
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Letter from the Prime Minister relating to his appearance before the Committee and Plan for Change, dated 13 December 2024
Work The work of the Prime Minister (Regular evidence sessions)
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HC 530
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Oral evidence transcripts

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19 December 2024
Work The work of the Prime Minister (Regular evidence sessions)
Witnesses Sir Keir Starmer
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Oral Evidence
26 March 2024
Work Work of the Prime Minister (Regular evidence sessions)
Witnesses Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, Prime Minister
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Oral Evidence
19 December 2023
Work Work of the Prime Minister (Regular evidence sessions)
Witnesses Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, Prime Minister
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Written evidence

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Parliament and Treaties Hub, House of Commons (SCA0083)
Inquiry The effectiveness and influence of the select committee system inquiry
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British Academy of Management (SCA0082)
Inquiry The effectiveness and influence of the select committee system inquiry
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Dr Rachel Ramsey (SCA0081)
Inquiry The effectiveness and influence of the select committee system inquiry
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Other publications

Formal Minutes
Formal minutes produced for committee meetings.
19 published
Attendance statistics
Statistics for the attendance at committee meetings.
12 published
Older evidence
Written evidence and oral evidence transcripts transferred from our archive website.
87 published
Other documents
Other documents connected to the committee's work.
9 published

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