NEW DELHI: A thaw between the Opposition and the government was visible in Parliament on Wednesday after the former had its way on sending two proposed legislations — Mines and Minerals and the Coal (Special Provisions) Bills — to Select Committees of the Rajya Sabha . This is likely to ensure smooth sailing for the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill in the Upper House on Thursday.Sources said Congress, Left, Trinamool and other parties are not going to press for sending the Insurance Bill — that seeks to increase FDI in the sector from 26 to 49% — to a Select Committee but are likely to move amendments when it comes up for discussion and passage in the Rajya Sabha on March 12. “The Insurance bill has already gone to a Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha in the winter session.Suggestions of the panel were incorporated in the bill that is being brought to the Rajya Sabha. So there is no need for demanding again that it be sent to a select committee,” a senior Left party member told ET. Bowing to Opposition pressure, the government moved two motions for forming select committees — each comprising 19 members — in the Upper House.The Select Committee on The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015, will be headed by BJP’s Bhupender Yadav. The Select Committee on the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2015, will be headed by BJP member Anil Madhav Dave. Both select committees have been given seven days and will have to submit their report by March 18, two days before Parliament goes for a month’s recess.