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  2. Select Committees scrutinised the work of Government. The 2017-19 session saw over 3,100 evidence sessions, questioning over 7,400 witnesses. This led to the publication of 757 reports. Find out more about committees here:

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  4. Great honour to have been elected as Chairman of Select Committee. Thanks to MPs who’ve given me this opportunity and all former committee members for nominating/helping me (particularly our previous Chair - a class act and inspiration).

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  5. “I’m looking forward to continuing the fine work of this respected committee - and previous Chair - with a focus on delivering value across all modes of transport.”

    Too many revolving doors and a lack of competition, accountability and responsibility causes our constituents to receive a poor service and provision. We can do better. Huw Merriman MP.
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  6. The Chairs have now been elected. Parties select who they want as committee members and will put those names to the Committee of Selection. See full details of the election results in this pdf:

    Time line illustrating how select committees are set up
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  7. Nominations for select committee chairs close on 4pm on Monday 27th January, followed by the election of chairs on Wednesday 29th January. Find out more on our website

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  8. The House has now agreed who will be eligible to stand for election for chair of each committee. Follow rolling updates on who is being nominated for each position here:

    Setting up committees (timeline):

General election, Queen's speech, House agrees which party will chair each committee, MPs elect Chair, Motion to appoint members tabled, Members appointed, Committees start work
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  9. The Speaker of the House has decided that the election of select committee chairs will take place on Wednesday 29 January, with nominations closing at 4pm on Monday 27 January.

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  10. Environmental Audit - Conservative,
Exiting the European Union - Labour,
Petitions - Labour,
Procedure - Conservative,
Public Accounts - Labour,
Public Administration and Constitutional
Affairs - Conservative,
Standards - Labour.
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  11. Northern Ireland Affairs - Conservative,
Science and Technology - Conservative,
Scottish Affairs - Scottish National Party,
Transport - Conservative,
Treasury - Conservative,
Welsh Affairs - Conservative,
Women and Equalities - Conservative,
Work and Pensions, Labour
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  12. Health and Social Care - Conservative,
Home Affairs - Labour,
Housing, Communities and Local
Government- Labour,
International Development - Labour,
International Trade - Scottish National Party,
Justice - Conservative
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  13. Committees whose chairs are in the allocation motion are as follows:

    Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Labour,
Defence - Conservative,
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport - Conservative,
Education - Conservative,
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Conservative,
Foreign Affairs - Conservative
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  14. Most committee chairs are elected by the whole House. The motion to decide which party members can stand for chair of each of these committees is on the Order Paper:

    Timeline of setting up committees:
General election
Queen's Speech
House agrees which party will chair each committee
MPs elect Chair
Motion to appoint members tables
Members appointed
Committees start work
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  15. Parliament has been dissolved and this account will not be active until after the General Election. You can contact the Transport Committee team at transcom@parliament.uk

    Parliament has been dissolved. This account will not be active until after the General Election,
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  16. 4 Nov 2019

    UK Parliament Week is in full swing! 1,188,429 people are taking part in 11,588 activities! 😮 Let us know how you're taking part, using 👇

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  17. 2/2 Details of all our work from the 2017 Parliament - in which we've looked at air quality, road, rail, active travel, Heathrow, buses, road safety, and much more - is available on our website. Read about all our work from the 2017 Parliament here:

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  18. 1/2 When Parliament dissolves our current work will fall and it will be up to the new Committee to decide what inquiries to undertake, including whether to pick up inquiries that were underway prior to the election. We'll be posting updates once a new Committee Chair is elected.

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  19. Our Committee has already challenged the Government on air quality & decarbonisation & am very proud to be one of those backing the citizens assembly on climate change.

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  20. We were one of six committees to call the first UK-wide citizens assembly on climate change. ✉ Invitations are on their way, so check your letterbox next week! Keep up to date with everything the assembly is doing at

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