Support for select committees
We help select committees consider how to work effectively and maximise their impact.
Select committee effectiveness

Select committees under scrutiny
The research in this report examines the relationship between select committee inquiries and their impact on government during the last parliament.

Select committees under scrutiny: Case studies from the 2010-15 parliament
This paper is published to accompany our report, Select Committees Under Scrutiny: The impact of parliamentary committee inquiries on government.

Being an effective select committee member
This publication draws together the views and ideas of people with experience of interacting with select committees.
Improving accountability

Accountability after Brexit
The prime minister – or MPs – must overhaul parliament's feeble Brexit scrutiny.

Parliamentary Monitor 2021
The government must drop its dismissive approach to scrutiny as parliament returns to in-person sittings.

Parliament’s role in the coronavirus crisis: holding the government to account
The government’s move to return the Commons to its usual ways of working when it returns from recess, is deeply concerning.
IfG Academy team

Hannah White
Director

Catherine Haddon
Programme Director

Alice Lilly
Senior Researcher