Assessments of the work and impact of house of commons investigatory select committees during the 1960s usually centre on the success or otherwise of the new 'specialist' committees established in the second half of the decade. This article uses both quantitative and qualitative evidence to give a more rounded picture, including both new and existing committees. It concludes that 1960s select committees were more popular, active and influential than has previously been appreciated. It also argues that there has been an overvaluation of the role of the Labour cabinet minister, Richard Crossman, in promoting and establishing these committees, and that support for committee work on both front benches and back benches was rather more widespread and substantial than has been assumed. In particular, the article contends that Harold Wilson's role in advancing the work of select committees has been underestimated

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克罗斯曼及其后：1960 年代的下议院特别委员会

对 1960 年代下议院调查特别委员会的工作和影响的评估通常集中在 20 世纪下半叶新成立的“专业”委员会的成功与否。本文使用定量和定性证据来提供更全面的图片，包括新的和现有的委员会。它的结论是，1960 年代的特别委员会比以前认为的更受欢迎、更活跃和更有影响力。它还争辩说，工党内阁部长理查德克罗斯曼在促进和建立这些委员会方面的作用被高估了，并且对委员会工作的前排和后排工作的支持比以往更加广泛和实质性。假定。特别是，这篇文章认为哈罗德·威尔逊