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Departmental Evidence and Response to Select Committees (the 'Osmotherly Rules')

Departmental Evidence and Response to Select Committees (otherwise known as the 'Osmotherly Rules') provides guidance to officials in Departments and Agencies who may be called upon to give evidence before, or prepare memoranda for submission to, Parliamentary Select Committees.

> Departmental Evidence and Response to Select Committees

The guidance is also available to as a pdf to download: Departmental Evidence and Response to Select Committees (pdf, 150kb).