Select Committees

In ____ the Foreign Affairs Select Com urged the government to recognise the treatment of Uyghur muslims in china amounts to "_____” and ‘_____ ____ ______’

• 2021

• genocide

• crimes against humanity

In ____, May blocked the head of ___ from testifying to the Home Affairs Committee, showing that ultimate power still rests with the PM.

• 2015

• MI5

In ___, Johnson imposed appointed his own head of the liaison committee, __ ____ _____, however this has not led to a lack of scrutiny.

• 2020

• Sir Bernard Jenkin

In 2019, Johnson pulled out of giving evidence to the Liaison committee _ times, so that he could ‘_____ ___ ____’, which was called ‘_____’ by the committee chair

• 3

• focus on Brexit

• unacceptable

In ___, as a former health minister, ____ ____ was elected as chair of the Health Select Committee

• 2020

• Jeremy Hunt

In ____, the ________ Committee and the ________ Committee jointly criticised the government for its Covid response, calling it '“one of ___ ____ _____ ____ ____ ____ __ ____ ___ ______ ______”

• 2021

• Health and Social Care

• Science and Technology

• the most important public health failures the UK has ever experienced

What proportion of recommendations are accepti

What proportion of recommendations are actually ever implemented by the government?

1/3

The ____ ____ Committee’s ___ report of the £_______ cost of the Test and Trace program was notably critical of the government.

• Public Accounts

• 2021

• £22 Billion

Due to _____ _____ MPs can ask witnesses the most difficult questions without fear of prosecution.

parliamentary privilege

In ___, the Health Committee’s recommendations on _____ ____ in public places was implemented by the ___ ___ (____)

• 2005

• banning smoking

• Health Act 2006

The ___ _____ ____ committee issued a inquiry into the Horizon Scandal in ___, but was largely ignored by the government.

• Business and Trade

• 2020

The Liaison Committee meets _ times a year, and questions the PM _____

• 3

• annually

The ______ Committee investigated Johnson over misleading the House of Commons in ___ ___, and recommended a __ day suspension if he had not resigned as an MP.

• Privileges

• June 2023

• 90

Since ___, committee members have been elected by MPs through a secret ballot.

2010

In 2024, the HoL _____ _____ Committee investigated the potential threats posed by AI

Special Inquiry

____ Committees are run by the HoL on broad policy areas, such as International relations, and take advantage of the wealth of expert peers.

Sessional

In ___, the ___ Select committee recommended a __% sugar tax, which was implemented by the Osborne, who had previously opposed the measure in ___.

• 2015

• Health

• 20%

• 2016

When was Rory Stewart chair of the foreign affairs select committee?

2010-2014

The current head of the Foreign Affairs select committee, ____ ____, was previously trained as a ____ ____ ____.

• Emily Thornberry

• Human rights lawyer