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These committees consider policy issues, scrutinise the work and expenditure of the government, and examine proposals for primary and secondary legislation. Select committees (see below) operate largely by an investigative process, while legislative committees operate mainly by debate.</p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20120117035205/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/">All committees A-Z</a></li></ul> </div>  </div> <h2 class="underline">Select Committee news</h2> <div id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlNewsModuleListing_HeroPanel" class="media-player two-wide"> <a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlNewsModuleListing_HeroImage_hypImageLink" href="/web/20120117035205/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/public-accounts-committee/news/smart-meters-report/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120117035205im_/http://assets3.parliament.uk/iv/main-thumb-wide-news/id_7249.jpg" id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlNewsModuleListing_HeroImage_imgThumbWithLink" alt=""/></a>  <strong><a href="/web/20120117035205/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/public-accounts-committee/news/smart-meters-report/">MPs report on preparations for the roll-out of Smart Meters</a></strong>  <p>Public Accounts Committee publishes findings</p> </div> <div class="two-wide last"> <div class="thumbnail-image-list"> <ul> <li id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlNewsModuleListing_rptItems_ctl01_liImage"> <div class="itemImage"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120117035205im_/http://assets3.parliament.uk/iv/main-thumb-square/id_7935.jpg" id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlNewsModuleListing_rptItems_ctl01_StoryImage_imgImageNoLink" alt=""/> </div> <div class="itemText"> <a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlNewsModuleListing_rptItems_ctl01_hypNewLink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120117035205/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/joint-select/draft-house-of-lords-reform-bill/news/thirteenth-public-evidence-session/">Lords Reform Committee hears from former Lord Speaker, Paul Murphy MP and Lord Cormack</a> <p>Joint Committee also questions representatives of the Campaign for a Democratic Upper House</p> </div> </li> <li id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlNewsModuleListing_rptItems_ctl02_liImage"> <div class="itemImage"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120117035205im_/http://assets3.parliament.uk/iv/main-thumb-square/id_8545.jpg" id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlNewsModuleListing_rptItems_ctl02_StoryImage_imgImageNoLink" alt=""/> </div> <div class="itemText"> <a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlNewsModuleListing_rptItems_ctl02_hypNewLink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120117035205/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/communities-and-local-government-committee/news/community-budgets---1st-ev-session/">MPs examine Government's new policy approach to investment in troubled families</a> <p>Communities and Local Government Committee takes evidence</p> </div> </li> <li id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlNewsModuleListing_rptItems_ctl03_liImage"> <div class="itemImage"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120117035205im_/http://assets3.parliament.uk/iv/main-thumb-square/id_7657.jpg" id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlNewsModuleListing_rptItems_ctl03_StoryImage_imgImageNoLink" alt=""/> </div> <div class="itemText"> <a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlNewsModuleListing_rptItems_ctl03_hypNewLink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120117035205/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/joint-select/privacy-and-superinjunctions/news/evidence-session-16-january/">Privacy and Injunctions Committee questions Secretaries of State and Attorney General</a> <p>Witnesses include Kenneth Clarke, Jeremy Hunt and Dominic Grieve</p> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <ul class="square-bullets"> <li id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlNewsModuleListing_ctlrNewsRelatedLinks_rptRelatedLinks_ctl00_liItem"> <a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlNewsModuleListing_ctlrNewsRelatedLinks_rptRelatedLinks_ctl00_hypRelatedLink" href="/web/20120117035205/http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/parliament-government-and-politics/parliament/committee-news/">All Committee news</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="two-wide"> <div class="landDescription"> <div class="section-promotion no-image">  <h2><a href="/web/20120117035205/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/">Committees A-Z</a></h2>  <div class="inner"> <p></p> <ul class="square-bullets"> <li id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlModuleContainerTop_ctl01_ctrlSimplePageListing_repLinks_ctl01_liItem"> <a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlModuleContainerTop_ctl01_ctrlSimplePageListing_repLinks_ctl01_hypLink" href="/web/20120117035205/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/">Commons Select</a> </li> <li id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlModuleContainerTop_ctl01_ctrlSimplePageListing_repLinks_ctl02_liItem"> <a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlModuleContainerTop_ctl01_ctrlSimplePageListing_repLinks_ctl02_hypLink" href="/web/20120117035205/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/">Lords Select</a> </li> <li 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120117035205/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/inquiries-a-z/">Inquiries A-Z</a> </h2> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" width="100%"> <div class="InquiriesA2Z"> <span class="InquiryTitleHeader">New Inquiries</span> <span class="InquiryDateHeader">Date announced</span> </div> <tbody> <tr> <td class="InquiryTitle"><a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlCommitteeInquiryPromo_repTable_ctl01_hypLink" href="/web/20120117035205/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/eu-select-committee-/inquiries/parliament-2010/euro-area-crisis-select/">Euro Area Crisis and the fiscal compact treaty</a></td> <td class="InquiryDate">13.01.2012</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="InquiryTitle"><a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlCommitteeInquiryPromo_repTable_ctl02_hypLink" href="/web/20120117035205/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/home-affairs-committee/inquiries/parliament-2010/regulation-of-private-investigators/">Private Investigators</a></td> <td class="InquiryDate">13.01.2012</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="InquiryTitle"><a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlCommitteeInquiryPromo_repTable_ctl03_hypLink" href="/web/20120117035205/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/home-affairs-committee/inquiries/drugs/">Drugs</a></td> <td class="InquiryDate">13.01.2012</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="InquiryTitle"><a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlCommitteeInquiryPromo_repTable_ctl04_hypLink" href="/web/20120117035205/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/home-affairs-committee/inquiries/parliament-2010/drugs/">Drugs</a></td> <td class="InquiryDate">13.01.2012</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="InquiryTitle"><a 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<p>Draft Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (Dissolution) Order 2012</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="previous "> 4:30pm - Room 9, Palace of Westminster</td> <td class="previous "> Third Delegated Legislation Committee <p>Draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement) Order 2011</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <ul class="list-suffix"> <li id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlWhatsOnCalendar_repCalendars_ctl00_ctrlCalendarFeedSet_repFeedSet_ctl02_ctrlCalendarFeed_ctlRelatedLinks_rptRelatedLinks_ctl00_liItem" class="rss"> <a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlWhatsOnCalendar_repCalendars_ctl00_ctrlCalendarFeedSet_repFeedSet_ctl02_ctrlCalendarFeed_ctlRelatedLinks_rptRelatedLinks_ctl00_hypRelatedLink" rel="external" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120117035205/http://services.parliament.uk/calendar/commons_general_committee.rss">RSS feed for General Committee</a> </li> <li 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Bank of England</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="previous "> 10:05am - The Wilson Room, Portcullis House</td> <td class="previous "> Transport <p>Road Safety - Quentin Willson, journalist, Nick Starling, Director of General Insurance, Association of British Insurers, Neil Greig, Director of Policy and Research, the Institute of Advanced Motorists, and Edmund King, President, the AA; Tony Russell, Transport Engineering Manager, Sustrans, Roger Geffen, Campaigns & Policy Director, CTC, the UK’s national cyclists’ organisation, Craig Carey-Clinch, Managing Director, Rowan Public Affairs Ltd, the Motor Cycle Industry Association, and Jack Semple, Director of Policy, the Road Haulage Association (at 10.50 am); Jim Punter, Chair, MOT Trade Forum, and Pro-MOTe, Bill Duffy, Campaign Co-ordinator (at 11.35 am)</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="previous "> 10:20am - Room 8, Palace of Westminster</td> <td class="previous "> Energy and Climate Change <p>Consumption-Based Emissions Reporting - Guy Shrubsole, Director, Public Interest Research Centre, Chris Tuppen, Director, Aldersgate Group, Keith Allott, Head of Climate Change, WWF-UK, Eric Lounsbury, Associate Director, Carbon Trust; Richard Leafe, Chief Executive, Lake District National Park, Wendy Benson, Principal Advisor, West Sussex County Council, Richard Sharland, Head of Environmental Strategy, Manchester City Council, Michael Berners-Lee, Director, Small World Consulting (at 11.20 am)</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="previous "> 10:30am - Room 6, Palace of Westminster</td> <td class="previous "> Health <p>Social Care - Paul Burstow MP, Minister of State for Care Services, and David Behan CBE, Director General of Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships, Department of Health.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="previous "> 10:30am - Tbc</td> <td class="previous "> International Development <p>South Sudan: The Birth of a Nation and the Prospects for Peace and Development - Save the Children, Tearfund; Overseas 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class="alternate" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <thead> <tr> <th class="first">Time</th> <th>Business</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td class="previous "> 3:30pm</td> <td class="previous "> Orders and Regulations - Lord Wallace of Saltaire <p>European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Republic of Korea Framework Agreement) Order 2012</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="previous "> </td> <td class="previous "> Orders and Regulations - Baroness Hanham <p>Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2012</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="previous "> </td> <td class="previous "> Orders and Regulations - Baroness Hanham <p>City of Wakefield (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012; City of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012; City of Bristol (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012; City of Bradford (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012; City of Manchester (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012; City of Sheffield (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012; City of Nottingham (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012; City of Leeds (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012; City of Birmingham (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012; City of Liverpool (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012; City of Coventry (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <ul class="list-suffix"> <li id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlWhatsOnCalendar_repCalendars_ctl01_ctrlCalendarFeedSet_repFeedSet_ctl01_ctrlCalendarFeed_ctlRelatedLinks_rptRelatedLinks_ctl00_liItem" class="rss"> <a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlWhatsOnCalendar_repCalendars_ctl01_ctrlCalendarFeedSet_repFeedSet_ctl01_ctrlCalendarFeed_ctlRelatedLinks_rptRelatedLinks_ctl00_hypRelatedLink" rel="external" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120117035205/http://services.parliament.uk/calendar/lords_grand_committee.rss">RSS feed for Grand Committee</a> </li> <li 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Committee</a> </h4> <div id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlWhatsOnCalendar_repCalendars_ctl01_ctrlCalendarFeedSet_repFeedSet_ctl02_tabcontent" class="active"> <div class="whatsOnPart"> <input type="hidden" name="ctl00$ctl00$SiteSpecificPlaceholder$PageContent$ctrlWhatsOnCalendar$repCalendars$ctl01$ctrlCalendarFeedSet$repFeedSet$ctl02$ctrlCalendarFeed$hdnNumberOfEventsToDisplay" id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctrlWhatsOnCalendar_repCalendars_ctl01_ctrlCalendarFeedSet_repFeedSet_ctl02_ctrlCalendarFeed_hdnNumberOfEventsToDisplay"/> <table class="alternate" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <thead> <tr> <th class="first">Time</th> <th>Business</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td class="previous "> 10:30am - Room 3, Palace of Westminster</td> <td class="previous "> Economic and Financial Affairs, and International Trade (EU Sub-Committee A) <p>- This is a private meeting.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="previous "> 10:30am - Room 4, Palace of Westminster</td> <td class="previous "> Science and Technology <p>- This is a private meeting.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="previous "> 2:00pm - Room 5, Palace of Westminster</td> <td class="previous "> Joint Committee on Human Rights <p>- This is a private meeting.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="previous "> 3:15pm - Room 2, Palace of Westminster</td> <td class="previous "> Communications <p>- This is a private meeting.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="previous "> 3:15pm - Room 4A, Palace of Westminster</td> <td class="previous "> Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I <p>Higher Education in STEM Subjects - (at 3.35pm) A panel of Vice-Chancellors: Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, University of Cambridge; Dr Malcolm McVicar, University of Central Lancashire; Professor Sir Christopher Snowden, University of Surrey; Professor Martin Hall, University of Salford; Professor Brian Cantor, University of York; Professor Les Ebdon, University of Bedfordshire; Professor Malcolm 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