Parliamentary questions to the House of Commons Commission: accountability and parliamentary administration
Parliamentary questions to the House of Commons Commission: accountability and parliamentary administration
Parliamentary administration is integral to supporting the work of elected politicians. How is it held to account? This article focuses on parliamentary questions—one means of scrutinizing parliamentary administration. The article uses a qualitative analysis of written and oral questions MPs have asked the House of Commons Commission (the body responsible for parliamentary administration). It asks three sub-questions: (1) Who asks the questions?; (2) What questions are asked?; and (3) How are these questions answered? Interrogating these questions also provides a window into the internal governance challenges of the House of Commons.
accountability, democracy, governance, House of Commons Commission, parliamentary administration, parliamentary questions
Melhuish, Francesca
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Yong, Ben
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19 June 2024
Melhuish, Francesca
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Yong, Ben
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Melhuish, Francesca and Yong, Ben
(2024)
Parliamentary questions to the House of Commons Commission: accountability and parliamentary administration.
Parliamentary Affairs, [gsae013].
(doi:10.1093/pa/gsae013).
Abstract
Parliamentary administration is integral to supporting the work of elected politicians. How is it held to account? This article focuses on parliamentary questions—one means of scrutinizing parliamentary administration. The article uses a qualitative analysis of written and oral questions MPs have asked the House of Commons Commission (the body responsible for parliamentary administration). It asks three sub-questions: (1) Who asks the questions?; (2) What questions are asked?; and (3) How are these questions answered? Interrogating these questions also provides a window into the internal governance challenges of the House of Commons.
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Accepted/In Press date: 27 May 2024
e-pub ahead of print date: 19 June 2024
Published date: 19 June 2024
Keywords:
accountability, democracy, governance, House of Commons Commission, parliamentary administration, parliamentary questions
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/494063
ISSN: 0031-2290
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