Making British law : committees in action /: committees in action. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Louise Thompson.
• Authors: Thompson, Louise, 1984-
• Contents: List of Figures and Tables; Preface; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1. Discredited Scrutiny; 2. Understudied And Overshadowed; 3. Why Should We Care About Committee Work?; 4. Aims And Structure Of This Book; PART II: THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF BILL COMMITTEES; 5. Committees And The Legislative Process; 6. Moving Upstairs; 7. Purpose; 8. Sittings And Membership; 9. Committee Procedure; 10. Programming; 11. Evidence Taking; 12. Limitations And Opportunities; PART III: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF BILL COMMITTEES; 13. Gladstone Introduces Standing Committees; 14. Watershed Moment; 15. Select Committees And Special Standing Committees; 16. Attempts At Programming; 17. Post 1997 Reforms; 18. The 2006 Reforms; 19. An End To Standing Committees; 20. Introduction Of Evidence Taking; 21. Public Reading Stage; 22. Efficient To Effective Committees?; PART IV: MEASURING COMMITTEE IMPACT; 23. Measuring Parliamentary Impact; 24. The Viscosity Of The Process; 25. Measuring Committee Impact; 26. Formal Indicators Of Viscosity In Committee; 27. How Many Bills Are Amended?; 28. How Many Amendments Are Made?; 29. Success Of Government Amendments; 30. Government Defeats In Committee; 31. Success Of Non Government Amendments; 32. What Do Amendments Actually Change?; 33. The Hunting Bill 2002-03; 34. Explaining Low Viscosity In Committees; 35. Strong Committee Discipline; 36. Ministerial Reluctance To Accept Amendments; 37. Alternative Means Of Constrain; 38. Overwhelming Compliance; PART V: THE OTHER SIDE OF COMMITTEE WORK; 39. Indicators Of Viscosity; 40. Indicators At Committee Stage; 41. Changes Made Elsewhere; 42. Commitments To Reconsider Amendments; 43. Commitments To Table Amendments At Report; 44. Compromises; 45. Indicators At Report Stage; 46. Ministerial Undertakings In Committee; 47. Between Committee Stage And Report; 48. Committee Influence At Report Stage; 49. The Content Of Report Stage Amendments; 50. Other Changes At Report; 51. NHS Redress [HL] Bill; 52. Why Is Committee Impact Greater At Report?; 53. Maximising Policy Impact; 54. Committee Impact In The House Of Lords; 55. The Full Picture Of Committee Scrutiny; PART VI: ENGAGING WITH EXPERTS; 56. Initial Impressions; 57. Who Gives Evidence?; 58. A Scrutiny Weapon; 59. Informing Members; 60. Probing Amendments; 61. Use Of Evidence In Committee; 62. Agenda Setting; 63. Amendment Supporting; 64. Amendment Drafting; 65. Trailing Amendments; 66. Formal Impact Of Evidence Taking; 67. Evidence Taking And Ministerial Undertakings; 68. The Health And Social Care Bill 2007-08; 69. Expected Patterns Of Scrutiny Behaviour; 70. An Opposition Tool; 71. Impact At Report Stage; 72. An Imperfect Process; PART VII: CONCLUSION; 73. Capacity And Reality; 74. Changing Expectations; 75. Interrupting The Flow Of Government Legislation; 76. Maximising Committee Impact; 77. A Very British Method Of Scrutiny; 78. Note On Sample Of Bills; References; Index;
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 328.410765; Representative government and representation -- Great Britain -- History; Constitutional; Government/Legislative Branch; Political science & theory; Law & society; Central government; Great Britain -- Politics and government; Committees
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137410672; 1137410671
• Related ISBNs: 9781137410658
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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