Examples of select committees - liason committee

Role

• Question PM

• Coordinate committee work

Composition

• Chairs of all deptarmental and cross-dep select committees (19)

Key cases - 2021 - questioning of BoJo

• Chaired by Sir Bernard Jenkin

• Focus: COVID-19 response and public confidence

Key cases - 2023 - questioning of Sunak

• Focus: migration policies and economic challenges

Efficacy - accountability

• Provides direct accountability of the PM in front of senior MPs

Efficacy - committee cooperation

• Encourages a strategic approach to scrutiny across committees

Inefficacy - recommendations

• Findings and recommendations not binding

Inefficacy - frequency of meeting

• Meets only 3-4x a year

  • BoJo planned foreign trips when they were scheduled

Inefficacy - avoidance of qs

• PMs can give vague answers and sidestep difficult questions