Parliamentary inquiry committee

Usually the committee delivers a report with conclusions and recommendations, in order to spur government action to improve policy or prevent similar events from happening again.

Committees of inquiry were rarely set up until 20 years ago, and have been used increasingly in the recent past, dealing with matters deemed of major public concern or apparent governmental failure.

Two recent parliamentary inquiry commissions in the Dutch House of Representatives were: In Portugal, article 181, paragraph 5 expressly provides that Parliamentary Inquiry Committees have investigative powers similar to judicial authorities.

[4] The Parliamentary Inquiry Committee has been adopted by several countries such as Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.

In Uruguay, it has been referred to in its constitutional text since 1918, expressly allowing for the establishment of a Parliamentary Inquiry Committee.