ABSTRACT
It has been the practice of the United Kingdom House of Commons with its membership of about 600 to delegate matters which are complex, technical, detailed or regional to appropriately smaller-sized committees for consideration. These committees, made up of members of the House, vary in size. Some have about five members such as committees deliberating on quasi judicial matters. Others have about 16-50 members, for example, the Estimates Committee; and yet others, the House itself sitting as a Committee of the whole House. Some of the committees in the Commons include the Public Accounts, Estimates, Agriculture, Education and Science, Scottish Grand Committee, etc. Their functions are generally to consider matters referred to them and to report their findings to the House which would then take a final and formal decision.
