Parliament mindmap
- Created by: ljoy1801
- Created on: 15-01-18 09:00
View mindmap
- Parliament
- Structure
- Backbench MPs- MPs who are not members of the Government or senior members of the Opposition
- Front bench MPs - MPs who represent a constituency and are members of government or senior members of the Opposition
- Select Committees HOC - investigate policies and work of govt. departments
- Legislative committees of both houses - scrutinise and propose amendments to legislation
- Speakers - both houses. Control debate and conduct
- Whips - inform members + maintain party discipline
- Role of HOC
- Legitimation
- Scrutiny of legislation + govt. departments
- Holding govt. to account
- Debate + deliberation
- Providing consent to govern
- Checking over powerful government
- Representing MPs constituency
- Removing a 'no confidence' government
- Departmental and other Select Committees
- Departmental only exist in HOC
- 11-13 members, all backbenchers
- MPs decide amongst themselves who will sit on what committee - through intra-party elections
- Same party proportion as in the chamber
- Chair may be from the Opposition
- Power to call on paper work and ministers
- Have small research teams
- Present regular reports
- Some are general scrutiny committees
- General or Legislative Committees
- Both houses
- Formed for each piece of legislation created
- 15-40 members
- Members vote on ammendments
- Whipped by party whips
- Rarely defy government
- Weakness of HOC
- Party whips dominate
- Legislative committees have little power - only 1% of amendments agreed to by govt.
- Government controls debated and business of the house
- HOC Reform
- Select committees given extra salary and research teams to compensate for long hours
- Select committee membership determined by backbenchers
- Reducing constituency to reduce number of MPs following expenses scandal
- Expenses system reformed
- Structure
- The PAC - often regarded as the most important and successful - is always chaired by the Opposition
Comments
No comments have yet been made