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

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Louise Thompson.
• Authors: Thompson, Louise
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 328.41/0765; Political science; Representative government and representation -- Great Britain -- History; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Legislative Branch; Committees; Politics and government; Representative government and representation; Constitution: government & the state -- United Kingdom, Great Britain; Central government -- United Kingdom, Great Britain; Law & society -- United Kingdom, Great Britain; Politics and Government; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Law -- Constitutional; Law -- Reference; Political structures: democracy; Politics & government; Constitutional & administrative law; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Democracy; Constitutional law; Political Science -- General; Political science & theory; Great Britain -- Politics and government; Great Britain; Electronic books; History; Committees
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137410665; 1137410663; 9781137410658; 1137410655
• Related ISBNs: 9781349565375; 1349565377
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on publisher supplied information; title not viewed.
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