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From: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmliaisn/697/697we36.htm https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmli...: "If a S
by timthorn 8y ago
From: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmliaisn/697/697we36.htm https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmli...:
"If a Select Committee wishes to require the attendance of a witness, an informal request is issued. If the witness is unwilling, a period of negotiation usually follows. If it is clear that the witness is not willing to attend, and the Committee wishes to insist, an order for attendance is made by the Committee, signed by the Chair, and then served upon the witness by the Serjeant at Arms or the Serjeant’s representative."
- chrisseaton 8y agoPeople don’t think that ‘order’ actually has any effective legal power though. https://www.consoc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Select-Committees-and-Coercive-Powers-Clarity-or-Confusion.pdf https://www.consoc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Select-... https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.theweek.co.uk/93679/can-mps-force-people-to-testify%3famp https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.theweek.co.uk/93679/can-mps...
- blibble 8y agothat may be the case, but snubbing reasonable requests from an institution with essentially unlimited power in its own domain is unlikely to end well for you if you want to remain operating there