Digital election of the Chair of BEIS and Standards Committees

Select Committees have continued to play an important role scrutinising the Government throughout Recess, and 14 remote Committee sessions have taken place.

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http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2020/april1/briefing-note/

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Friday, April 24, 2020

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Select Committees have continued to play an important role scrutinising the Government throughout Recess, and 14 remote Committee sessions have taken place.
The briefing note below outlines the procedures and practical arrangements for the elections for the Chairs of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee and the Committee on Standards.
Based on the Order of the House of 16th January 2020, only a member of the Labour Party may be a candidate for the Chair of either the BEIS Committee or the Committee on Standards.
Valid nominations will be published on the relevant Committees website and in the next days House business papers, when the House is sitting.