select committee

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But he faced pressure from Labour MP Tan Dhesi, who chairs the defence select committee, who warned that further delay to the plan risked "further damage to our defence-industrial base".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Chi Onwurah MP, chair of the Science Innovation and Technology Select Committee, discovered this when she asked Chapman for a comparison of blue-sky spending before and after the reorganisation at a select committee hearing.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Since the beginning of the year, she has organized two select committee hearings under the general banner of “housing construction innovation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

Earlier on Wednesday, Streeting told the health and social care select committee the decision to go ahead with the trial was "one that I wrestle with on a daily basis".

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

This bill had been drafted during the latter part of 1863 by the select committee of nine, but it did not come before the House for consideration till March 22, 1864.

From The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction by Chadsey, Charles Ernest