Reviewing Select Committee Tasks and Modes of Operation

Brazier, Alex; Fox, Ruth

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“…The Westminster model of democracy is a strongly executive-dominated system (Lijphart 1999) in which parliamentarians are party politicians and the aims of the Cabinet dominate the legislative agenda. Within the House of Commons, select committees provide the principal mechanism through which the legislature can hold the executive accountable (Brazier and Fox 2011). The majority of select committees, each comprised of between 11 and 15 back bench MPs, are responsible for shadowing a department within the government.…”

Section: The Select Committee Systemmentioning

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Gender and Select Committee Elections in the British House of Commons

O’Brien

2012

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Section: The Select Committee Systemmentioning

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Gender and Select Committee Elections in the British House of Commons

O’Brien

2012

Pol & Gen

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“…They set their own agendas (Norton, 2013) and face little meddling in their day to day operation from party whips (Russell & Cowley, 2016). There is however concern that with extra demands and opportunities placed upon them, that committees may no longer be in full control of their own agendas (Brazier & Fox, 2011). They also usually produce reports on a cross party basis (Russell & Cowley, 2016).…”

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“…Despite being free to set their own agendas, how and why committees decide which inquiries to undertake and the role the core tasks play in this determination are unclear (Brazier & Fox, 2011). However, there are a number of factors that are likely to play a part in their deliberations such as the chair, member interest, party balance, political urgency and media interest (Brazier & Fox, 2011).…”

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The UK post-legislative scrutiny gap

Caygill

2020

The Journal of Legislative Studies

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It is now 10 years on from the introduction of the systematic approach to post-legislative scrutiny in the House of Commons and assessments have shown that it is yet to become a regular part of committee work, at least from the perspective of published reports. Although the procedures in the House of Lords are different, the extent of post-legislative scrutiny has also remained limited. This article attempts to identify the post-legislative gap and provides insight into why this gap is occurring. The article begins by analysing the limited amount of postlegislative scrutiny that has taken place to date, before analysing which government departments have been producing post-legislative memoranda and whether these memoranda are being picked up by departmental select committees. In so doing the article analyses which committees have not, so far, been undertaking post-legislative scrutiny and explores some of the reasons for why they have not engaged.

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“…4.On the SC system and the impact of the Wright reforms, see Brazier and Fox (2011), Fisher (2015), Bates, Goodwin and McKay (2017), Russell and Benton (2011, 2013), and Russell and Gover (2017). …”

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Electing to Do Women's Work? Gendered Divisions of Labor in U.K. Select Committees, 1979–2016

2020

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Where female representatives are located within legislatures and what they do matters for the substantive representation of women. Previous scholarship has found that female parliamentary committee members participate differently than their male counterparts in relation to both policy area and status of positions held. Here, we draw on an original time-series data set (n = 9,767) to analyze the U.K. select committee system. We test for the impact of four variables previously found to be important in explaining changes in gendered divisions of labor: the system of appointment/election, the proportion of female representatives in the legislature, sharp increases in the number of female representatives, and changes in government from right-wing parties to left-wing parties. We find that horizontal and vertical divisions of labor persist over time and that membership patterns in the United Kingdom mainly correspond to those found elsewhere. Moreover, there is little evidence that any of the four variables have systematically affected membership patterns.

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Reviewing Select Committee Tasks and Modes of Operation

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Gender and Select Committee Elections in the British House of Commons

Gender and Select Committee Elections in the British House of Commons

The UK post-legislative scrutiny gap

Electing to Do Women's Work? Gendered Divisions of Labor in U.K. Select Committees, 1979–2016

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