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  • Chapter 4.2: The Commons’ two committee systems and scrutiny of government policy-making

    Patrick Dunleavy

    Chapter from the book: Dunleavy, P et al. 2018. The UK's Changing Democracy: The 2018 Democratic Audit.

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    In addition to their floor debates, a crucial role of legislatures is to scrutinise government law-making and policy implementation. The House of Commons looks at legislation via bill committees, and its select committees cover each of the Whitehall departments to scrutinise implementation. Patrick Dunleavy and the Democratic Audit team consider how well current processes maintain parliamentary knowledge and scrutiny of the central state in the UK and England.

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    Dunleavy, P. 2018. Chapter 4.2: The Commons’ two committee systems and scrutiny of government policy-making. In: Dunleavy, P et al (eds.), The UK's Changing Democracy. London: LSE Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31389/book1.k
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    Published on Nov. 1, 2018

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