How did the Prime Minister win a vote in Parliament and lose her authority?
By Dr Andrew Defty, Associate Professor It is remarkable that after a series of U-turns on key policy announcements and the resignation of two senior members of her...
October 21st, 2022
September 7th, 2020
Recent publications by Steve McKay
Steve McKay and colleagues have an article in Politics and Gender that looks at the UK Parliament’s select committee system that presents the results of tests for the impact of...
April 2nd, 2020
Briefing paper update – the Liaison Committee and evidence from the Prime Minister
At a time when scrutiny of the actions of government has come increasingly to the fore, the House of Commons Library Briefing Paper, The Liaison Committee: taking evidence...
January 28th, 2020
Blog on committee witness diversity in the House of Commons
The LSE British Politics and Policy blog has published a piece by Hugh Bochel on gender diversity of committee witnesses in the House of Commons.
September 18th, 2019
Mark Bennister on the election of a new Speaker for the House of Commons
Electing a new Speaker: what happens next? After over ten years as Speaker, John Bercow has announced his intention to stand down at the end of October. As for...
September 6th, 2019
House of Commons select committees and public engagement
Catherine Bochel and colleagues from the University of Leeds, the House of Commons and Global Governance Partners have had an article published in Parliamentary Affairs that explores explores...
July 31st, 2019
Effectiveness of select committees
Steve McKay and colleagues from Birmingham, Coventry and the LSE have published two blogs on the PSA Parliaments Group website. One examines the effectiveness of select committees in...
March 14th, 2019
ParliLinc submissions to House of Commons Liaison inquiry into select committees
A number of members of ParliLinc have each submitted evidence to the House of Commons Liaison Committee inquiry into the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system:...
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