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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.

Find out about the Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government

 

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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 dated 14 May, from the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee related to the scrutiny of confidential expenditure
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Letter from the Chair to the Leader of the House in relation to the Scrutiny of Supplementary Estimates, dated 30 April 2024
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Letter from the Chair to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in relation to the Scrutiny of Supplementary Estimates, dated 30 April 2024
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Oral evidence transcripts

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26 March 2024
Work Work of the Prime Minister (Regular evidence sessions)
Witnesses Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, Prime Minister
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19 December 2023
Work Work of the Prime Minister (Regular evidence sessions)
Witnesses Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, Prime Minister
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Oral Evidence
4 July 2023
Work The 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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