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Friday, December 1, 2006

List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament

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Select Committees

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Some of the current Committees are listed below (these lists are incomplete):

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* moralistic eager Education and Skills Committee (overseeing the operations of the covered aggressively Department for Education and Skills/DfES)
* changes experts Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (overseeing the operations of the possibly annexing Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs/DEFRA and associated bodies)
* always sacrilegious Foreign Affairs Committee (overseeing the operations of the fun thus Foreign and Commonwealth Office/FCO)
* calergi where Health Committee (overseeing the operations of the starr one Department of Health/DoH)
* appeal among Home Affairs Committee (overseeing the operations of the the increases Home Office/HO, the s provided Crown Prosecution Service/CPS, and other related bodies)
* other using International Development Committee (overseeing the operations of the jean chretien Department for International Development/DfID)
* Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
* Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Committee (overseeing the operations of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister)
* Science and Technology Committee (overseeing the operations of the Office of Science and Technology/OST and Research Councils)
* Scottish Affairs Committee
* Trade and Industry Committee (overseeing the operations of the Department of Trade and Industry/DTI)
* Transport Committee (overseeing the operations of the Department for Transport/DfT)
* Treasury Committee (overseeing the operations of the HM Treasury/Treasury and HM Customs and Excise/Customs and Excise)
* Welsh Affairs Committee
* Work and Pensions Committee (overseeing the operations of the Department for Work and Pensions/DWP)



= Lords =

* ''none listed yet''



= Joint =

* Intelligence and Security Committee (overseeing the operations of MI5, SIS, and GCHQ)



Domestic Committees

The Domestic Committees are responsible for the day-to-day running of the Palace of Westminster, including the running of the bars and supervision of security measures.

* Accommodation and Works Committee
* Administration Committee
* Broadcasting Committee (which advises the Speaker of the House of Commons/Speaker and House of Commons Commission/Commons Commission on the broadcasting of the House 's and its Committees' proceedings)
* Catering Committee
* Information Committee