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select committee

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain) a small committee composed of members of parliament, set up by either House of Parliament to investigate and report back on a specified matter of interest

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select committee - a parliamentary committee appointed for some special purpose

commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

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select committee

n → Sonderausschuss m

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In addition to fact-finding, the Select Committee was charged with encouraging coordination of government and private programs designed to deal with the problems of aging, and with reviewing activities of the White House Conference on Aging.

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The House and Senate select committees on theIran/contra scandal have been unwilling to explore the question of contra drug running.

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'The government agrees that the Constitution and acts mention posts to be referred to this parliamentary select committee so that fit and proper candidates are presented for these positions,' he said.

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Responding to the criticism by opposition benches, Provincial Health Minister, Hasham Inam Ullah said that the bill was not tabled under pressure adding government would pass the bill as referring it to select committee would delay the legislation.