oversight committee
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoversightandcommittee
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oversight
noun
uk/ˈəʊ.və.saɪt/us/ˈoʊ.vɚ.saɪt/
a mistake made because of a failure to ...
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committee
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/kəˈmɪt.i/us/kəˈmɪt̬.i/
a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and either make decisions or collect information ...
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(Definition ofoversightandcommitteefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We need to remember that nooversightcommitteecan block every loophole against mismanagement or worse.
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Therefore, it is important that the tribunal reports to theoversightcommitteeto see whether any complaints are justified.
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After all, the committee is intended as anoversightcommitteefor the agencies, including the heads of agency.
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They report to him, and he reports to theoversightcommitteeand launders any information before doing so.
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For that reason, we are not prepared to accept that the tribunal should automatically give details of all its cases to theoversightcommittee.
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It has now been placed on a statutory footing and there is anoversightcommitteeof parliamentarians.
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It provides many safeguards in respect of the activities of agencies: an independent commissioner, a tribunal to consider complaints, and anoversightcommitteeof parliamentarians.
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The business of theoversightcommitteeof parliamentarians will be to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the three services.
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From whom, though, is anyoversightcommitteeto hear evidence?
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When the original proposals were made, there was nooversightcommitteeof any kind.
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There has been much speculation about likely candidates for membership of theoversightcommittee.
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The parties should agree to anoversightcommitteeand there is no reason why it should continue to be the subject of controversy.
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We shall discuss theoversightcommitteeunder clause 10.
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I think that very few other democracies have such anoversightcommittee.
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Theoversightcommitteewill have all the information that it needs to fulfil that function.
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These amendments make a minor change to the existing provisions for the quorum of theoversightcommittee.
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The amendments relate to the tribunal and theoversightcommittee.
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It introduces statutory arrangements for warrants, authorisation, the appointment of a commissioner and the establishment of a tribunal—that is the novelty, in comparison with the previous arrangements—for anoversightcommittee.
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Members of theoversightcommitteeshould be allowed to call for documents, even those of an historic nature, to enable them to get the complete background to particular events.
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It has a role similar to anoversightcommitteeand has consultative powers.
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