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in committee
b. in committee.
(a) Of a deliberative body: acting or deliberating as a committee; in session as a committee. Cf. Phrases 2b.
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1646 J. Taylor Briefe Rel. Idiotismes & Absurdities M. Corbet 14 Some Aldermen, some Common-Councell men, (In number twelve) sate in Committee then.
1832 W. Owen Let. 1 Mar. in C. Darwin Corr. (1985) I. 212 The Reform Bill..is again undergoing a tedious debating in Committee of the Commons.
1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. lviii. 285 Many nights of discussion were occupied in committee.
1907 Times 30 Aug. 3/5 The House in committee already caused the Government to view with grave anxiety the approach of the decisive plenary discussion.
1988 Parl. Affairs 41 391 In the Lords all public bills are considered in committee on the floor of the House.
2005 S. Pape & S. Featherstone Newspaper Journalism vi. 96 The press and public will be asked to leave if anything is to be discussed ‘in committee’.
(b) Of a bill: under consideration by a committee (sense 1b); in the committee stage (committee stage n. at Compounds 2).
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1653 C. Hotham Brief Acct. Proc. Comm. Reformation Universities (single sheet) The Question being then in Committee only concerning his Printed Book.
1775 J. Macpherson Hist. Great Brit. II. iv. 174 While yet the bill remained in committee, another incident added uneasiness to resentment in the breast of William.
1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds III. lxxx. 348 His great measure was even now in committee.
1893 Westm. Gaz. 30 June 2/2 The Coercion Bill (1887) was allowed 15 days in Committee before the application of the guillotine.
1910 J. London Theft ii. 104 Gifford How's that compensation act coming on? Knox (Wearily.) The same old story. It will never come before the House. It is dying in committee.
1963 J. A. DeNovo Amer. Interests in Middle East 157 When Congress adjourned on June 12 the treaty was still in committee.
2011 Guardian (Nexis) 5 Oct. 9 An amendment that, if passed, would effectively stall the bill in committee.
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