Hugh Bochel

Committee witnesses in the Parliament of Canada

On 14 October Hugh Bochel presented a paper to the virtual conference of the Canadian Study of Parliament Group. The paper looked at witnesses to the committees of...

New article on parliamentary committee witnesses

Hugh Bochel and Anouk Berthier have a new article that consider the witnesses that appear before parliamentary committees in their scrutiny of government actions and legislation. The work...

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.  

Scottish Parliament’s Equality and Human Rights Committee considers witness figures

At its meeting on 7 November, the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee considered figures on witnesses to the Parliament’s committees during the 2018-19 year. The figures...

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Westminster Workshop on Gender Sensitive Scrutiny

On 17 June, Hugh Bochel participated in the CPA UK Westminster Workshop on Gender Sensitive Scrutiny, as part of a panel with Baroness Barker, Sarah Champion MP and...

Hugh Bochel visits University of Malta

Hugh Bochel visited the University of Malta from 30 April to 3 May, including to give two talks on Brexit. The visit was facilitated by Dr Jean Claude...

Article published on the scrutiny of legislation

‘Evidence-informed or Value-based? Exploring the Scrutiny of Legislation in the UK Parliament’, in the Journal of Legislative Studies, by Phil Begley, Catherine Bochel, Hugh Bochel, Andrew Defty, Jan...

Hugh Bochel participates in round table on SDG 16

Hugh Bochel participated in an academic round table, ‘Towards better data for Sustainable Development Goal 16: how to measure parliamentary effectiveness’, hosted by the Commonwealth Partnership for Democracy/Westminster...

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:...

Article on policy success and failure published

‘Assessing Policy Success and Failure: Targets, Aims and Processes’, in Policy Studies, by Phil Begley, Catherine Bochel, Hugh Bochel, Andrew Defty, Jan Gordon, Kaisa Hinkkainen, Ben Kisby, Steve...