Select committee change

New parliamentary reforms brought in at the end of the last parliament have meant that select committee chairmen are to be elected by the House of Commons rather than chosen by the party whips. This could result in more power for the legislature against the executive and is obviously one of many constitutional reforms this blog will be talking about... See Peter Riddell's comment in the Times plus the accompanying article looking at who is in the running for the chairmanship of the Treasury Select Committee.