Add to ORKGMPs exert their most effective influence on UK public policy via the network of select committees in the Commons that monitor each Whitehall department and the cross-departmental Public Accounts Committee. Last boosted in 1979 by the Thatcher administration, select committees have just won enhanced autonomy from government and party control, with the election of their chairs and choice of their members by all MPs. But Patrick Dunleavy and Chris Gilson argue that they also need to increase their salience in attracting MPs’ attention, and to urgently find a better way of researching the implementation issues they investigate
Legislative committees usually combine legislative and oversight functions. Most research has focuse...
Since the Wright reforms which strengthened the independence of select committees against the govern...
The UK parliamentary committee system is often deemed a deviant case both because the legislative an...
Select Committees in the UK Parliament have become more powerful over the last five years or so sinc...
Much reformist discussion of the House of Commons views it as an institution in permanent decline, o...
The House of Commons has long come under criticism for its fiery, partisan nature, but not many peop...
Select committees in government are not new, but they have recently had a boost to their status and ...
The Wright reforms have been widely credited with revitalising Parliamentary Select Committees. Howe...
One of the most significant changes in the British House of Commons has been the development in 1979...
The 2010 Wright Reforms are the most significant changes to the Select Committee system in the UK Ho...
In this post William Brett concedes that there is certainly a case for some clearer internal regulat...
Within the vast seam of scholarship on parliamentary history the evolution and role of select commit...
Within the vast seam of scholarship on parliamentary history the evolution and role of select commit...
<p>Abstract copyright data collection owner.</p>It is a frequent complaint in British politics that ...
This article explores the role of public engagement by select committees of the House of Commons. It...
Legislative committees usually combine legislative and oversight functions. Most research has focuse...
Since the Wright reforms which strengthened the independence of select committees against the govern...
The UK parliamentary committee system is often deemed a deviant case both because the legislative an...
Select Committees in the UK Parliament have become more powerful over the last five years or so sinc...
Much reformist discussion of the House of Commons views it as an institution in permanent decline, o...
The House of Commons has long come under criticism for its fiery, partisan nature, but not many peop...
Select committees in government are not new, but they have recently had a boost to their status and ...
The Wright reforms have been widely credited with revitalising Parliamentary Select Committees. Howe...
One of the most significant changes in the British House of Commons has been the development in 1979...
The 2010 Wright Reforms are the most significant changes to the Select Committee system in the UK Ho...
In this post William Brett concedes that there is certainly a case for some clearer internal regulat...
Within the vast seam of scholarship on parliamentary history the evolution and role of select commit...
Within the vast seam of scholarship on parliamentary history the evolution and role of select commit...
<p>Abstract copyright data collection owner.</p>It is a frequent complaint in British politics that ...
This article explores the role of public engagement by select committees of the House of Commons. It...
Legislative committees usually combine legislative and oversight functions. Most research has focuse...
Since the Wright reforms which strengthened the independence of select committees against the govern...
The UK parliamentary committee system is often deemed a deviant case both because the legislative an...