House committees matter, but they don’t matter. In Nepal, mini parliaments are failing in their job

Parliamentary committees should do the real work, but the way they are functioning and issuing directives shows they are falling short of holding the administration to account.

For the electorate, Parliament’s visible part is the House floor. Sessions are often televised live and members of the public know what’s going on in the House. Many, however, are not aware of where the spade work of parliamentary functioning is done. This is a different forum. They are known as parliamentary committees and are also called mini parliaments.