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Parliamentary Scrutiny, Evidence and Policy

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date August 12, 2015

By the Lincoln Policy Group

The Lincoln Policy Group established a research project in 2014 that aims to develop understanding of how the parliamentary scrutiny process affects and is affected by the use of evidence and expertise. We considered the roles of contested values alongside evidence in influencing the quality of parliamentary scrutiny as well as legislative and policy outcomes. We have recently published a project report and this blog piece summarises our key preliminary findings.

Tags academies, evidence, legislation, legislative scrutiny, Lincoln Policy Group, minimum wage, parliamentary scrutiny, post-legislative scrutiny, pre-legislative scrutiny, UK Parliament

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Post-Legislative scrutiny in the UK Parliament: Identifying a research agenda

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date June 17, 2015

By Thomas Caygill

All too often, once legislation has entered the statute book, Parliament assumes that is the end of the matter and the end of its role. However it has been noted by the House of Lords Constitution Committee that Parliament’s responsibility for legislation should not end once legislation has entered the statute book. This is where post-legislative scrutiny enters the picture.

Tags House of Lords, legislation, post-legislative scrutiny, Scottish Parliament, scrutiny, select committees, UK Parliament