The Growing Power and Autonomy of House of Commons Select Committees
Causes and Effects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10357902 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lucy Fisher (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 419-426 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Political Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3179 • E-ISSN: 1467-923X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-923x.12190 |
| OpenAlex | W1495458451 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
This article is an examination of the rising prominence of House of Commons select committees during the 2010–2015 Parliament, which takes into account the impact of the Wright reforms. The new system of electing committee chairs and members is explored as a central reform that has burnished the autonomy, independence and credibility of the committees. In addition, the characteristics of the coalition government and circumstances entailed by a two‐party executive are seen as factors that have made more robust the neutrality of the committees, which have been looked to ever more urgently as impartial scrutineers of government policy and personnel. As the system has been strengthened and received greater attention from the government, the public and the media, select committees have also come to present a platform upon which certain members and chairs have grown their profile. This phenomenon in turn has added to the desirability of roles on committees, which now present an alternative career route to the ministerial ladder
Autonomy · Commons · Credibility · Economics · Government (linguistics · House of Commons · Independence (probability theory · Neutrality · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Select committee · Irish and British Studies · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration
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| Citations per year | 1.44 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |