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Based on unprecedented access to the UK Parliament, this book challenges how we understand and think about accountability between government and Parliament. Drawing on three months of research in Westminster, and over forty-five interviews, this book focuses on the everyday practices of Members of Parliament and officials to reveal how parliamentarians perform their scrutiny roles. Some MPs become specialists while others act as lone wolves; some are there to try to defend their party while others want to learn about policy. Amongst these different styles, chairs of committees have to try to reconcile these interpretations and either act as committee-orientated catalysts or attempt to impose order as leadership-orientated chieftains. All of this pushes and pulls scrutiny in competing directions, and tells us that accountability depends on individual beliefs, everyday practices and the negotiation of dilemmas. In this way, MPs and officials create a drama or spectacle of accountability and use their performance on the parliamentary stage to hold government to account. Dramas at Westminster: Select committees and the quest for accountability offers the most up-to-date and detailed research on committee practices in the House of Commons, following a range of reforms since 2010.
The Growth of Parliamentary Scrutiny by Committee
In Parliament and Congress the constitutional background and the procedures are described and where possible compared in an entirely fresh look at the two legislatures. Though their constitutional positions and development are quite distinct, they nevertheless have much in common historically and face many of the same contemporary problems.
This Command Paper from the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons sets out a process for post-legislative scrutiny by the Government. The main proposal is that after 3 years any law that has been passed will undergo a review by the relevant Government Department and then Parliament to see how effective the law has been. The publication also includes an appendix with a detailed response to the Law Commission's report on Post-legislative scrutiny (Cm. 6945, ISBN 9780101694520).
The Committee's report contains a number of recommendations for the work of Parliamentary Select Committees, the cross-party groupings of MPs who scrutinise the activities of Whitehall departments. The report highlights the need for an alternative career structure to enhance the status of the committee system and recognise that scrutiny of the Executive is as valid a career choice for MPs as serving in the Government. Accordingly, it recommends that chairmen of the principal committees be paid salaries. It also proposes that select committees that scrutinise the role of government departments should be renamed as 'scrutiny committees' in order to accurately reflect their function. Other proposals include the need for more resources and specialist support staff, a clearer remit, a wider membership, and a new system of nominations to guarantee independence and ensure the selection process is transparent.