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Re:Zuckerberg summoned to House Of Commons inquiry by anon1385 on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @11:45AM (#16629555)
Select committees can ask anybody they like to appear. Although as far as I understand they don't technically have the power to force private individuals to attend.

See this briefing if you want to delve in the UK's arcane political system http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN062... (pdf)

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Re:Zuckerberg summoned to House Of Commons inquiry by jsty on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @11:59AM (#16629718)
Anyone interested in this might also consider [1], which describes possible mechanisms by which a person might be compelled - namely by order of the House of Commons.

[1] http://publicregulatoryblog.fieldfisher.com/2016/declining-a...

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