More of the Same or a Period of Change?: The Impact of Bill Committees in the Twenty-First Century House of Commons

• Autores: Louise Thompson
• Localización: Parliamentary affairs: A journal of representative politics, ISSN 0031-2290, Vol. 66, Nº 3, 2013, págs. 459-479
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Bill committees have long been a fundamental feature of legislative scrutiny in the British House of Commons. The recent introduction of oral evidence sessions as a standard bill committee procedure has further underlined their importance.1 Yet despite their prominence in parliamentary life, bill committees have been somewhat under-studied. A comparison of bill committee activity in the first decade of the twenty-first century with the last comprehensive examination undertaken in 1974 shows that significant changes have taken place; bill committees appear to be working harder than ever before but this is not reflected in terms of the relative impact they are making on government legislation.