Select Committees: election of Chairs and members

Select Committees: election of Chairs and members
This briefing breaks down everything you need to know about the selection process for both Commons and Lords Committees, including:
- Allocation - How Chairs are allocated to each party, and what procedure applies to those committees that are not allocated by party.
- Ballot - How the Chairs themselves are elected after they have put their names forward.
- General process - The general process by which MPs are nominated by their respective parties.
- Individual Process - Each individual party's internal process which oversees the nomination procedure of its members to committees.