The Guardian view on select committees: chairs of power | Editorial

Parliament’s system of electing select committee chairs has been a great success. The new incumbents have something to live up toTheresa May and Jeremy Corbyn invariably make the big political headlines, even when they skip prime minister’s questions, as they did on Wednesday in order to be with the Spanish royal visitors, leaving Damian Green and Emily Thornberry to deputise capably. But a hung parliament is a backbenchers’ parliament as much as a party leaders’ parliame