Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
UK Parliament Explored: the Work and Role of Select Committees
UK Parliament
This course explored the work and role of select committees in the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Topics covered included the inquiry process, different types of evidence and how select committees can have an impact.
2 weeks, 3 hours per week
Claire Bogue
Senior Learning Projects Officer
UK Parliament
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explore the work and role of select committees in the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
- Identify the focus of different committees in each House.
- Develop your understanding of the cross-party membership of select committees, including the process for selecting chairs and members.
- Reflect how select committees have evolved and changed over time.
- Explore how a select committee inquiry works including the different steps in the process.
- Develop a greater understanding of the potential impacts of select committees including reports and recommendations.
- Explore how members of the public can engage with select committees.
Syllabus
- An overview of the work and role of select committees’ work in the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
- The focus of select committee inquiries in each House.
- Cross-party membership of select committees, including the process for selecting chairs and members.
- How select committees have evolved and changed over time.
- How select committee inquiries work, the different steps in the process.
- A greater understanding of the potential impact of select committee reports and recommendations.
- How members of the public can engage with select committees.
Issued on 2nd April 2018
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