Labour Swamps Select Committee Allocations

The Select Committee allocations are finally out after some wrangling, setting the stage for MPs to interrogate ministers, executives, and civil servants. Labour chairs roughly two thirds of the committees as they reflect the balance of seats in parliament. Here’s a breakdown of party allocations:

• Business and Trade (Lab)
• Culture, Media and Sport (Con)
• Defence (Lab)
• Education (Lab)
• Energy Security and Net Zero (Lab)
• Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (LibDem)
• Foreign Affairs (Lab)
• Health and Social Care (LibDem)
• Home Affairs (Con)
• Housing, Communities and Local Government  (Lab)
• International Development (Lab)
• Justice (Lab)
• Northern Ireland Affairs (Lab)
• Science, Innovation and Technology (Lab)
• Scottish Affairs (Lab)
• Transport (Lab)
• Treasury (Lab)
• Welsh Affairs (Lab)
• Women and Equalities (Lab)
• Work and Pensions (Lab)
• Environmental Audit (Lab)
• Petitions (LibDem)
• Procedure (Lab)
• Public Accounts (Con)
• Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs (Con)
• Standards (Con)

The Liberal Democrats have unsurprisingly chosen to chair their core areas of Social Care and Environment, while the Tories have gone with Digital, Culture and Media.[…] Read the rest