Talk:Select committee (United Kingdom)

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Do Select Committees have the power to compel the attendance of witnesses? If so, how and why? They are not part of the legal system. What happens if a witness refuses to attend?

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The history does not make any sense. Apparently, select committees came into being in 1979 on the recommendation of a select committee set up in 1976. I rather think that select committees existed quite some time before 1976. They existed before 1676, let alone 1976, so at the very least, the history section is appallingly deficient. SpinningSpark 14:14, 18 February 2019 (UTC)