I gave evidence to the Public Administration Committee in the Commons last November as part of its inquiry into Smaller Government: what do ministers do? and was subsequently appointed as a specialist adviser to the committee in order to assist in the drafting of the report. The report has now been published, arguing that reducing the number of ministers in the Commons will increase the efficiency, as well as the accountability, of Government.
Given debates on the number of ministers during the passage of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill – where the Government accepted the force of the argument for reducing the number, but not in that Bill – it will be interesting to see how ministers respond.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12691090
I really do not understand, or perhaps I do from a power point of view, the Governments logic on this. The amount of Ministers should be proportional to the House lest Government gains a large percentage of power via payroll votes.
Why not jut Shrink the Role Government Plays in overseeing everyones daily Lives?
We need more Efficiency in Parliament yes, but we also need Less Parliament in our Private Affairs.
You are free to mock me now, or Ignore me, but what I’ve said stands.
You (all in Governance)
and we (very-majorly, throughout The People)
need to make a major shift of information, of discussion, of scrutiny, and (very much lastly) of debating time
away from Quantities-of-parliamentarians and ’empowereds’;
and majorly onto
Qualities
of firstly the quality standards of information, discussion, scrutiny, and debating timeframes, and
secondly of the qualities standards of the pesonnel involved, most vitally of parliamentary-representation as Individuals and as Bodies.
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Reduce it by all means, as long as my tomato seedlings increase, and produce a bumper crop.
This looks like the way to go …
http://www.shropshirestar.com/uk/uk-news/2011/03/10/mps-call-for-cull-in-ministers/
Yes, we do need a cull in numbers. But as important or indeed more important is the calibre of MP.
What is his agenda? How is he going to carry it out? Has he been honest with the electorate? Has his party been honest with him? Is he intelligent and logical with it? Is he an indoctrinated moron? Does he have his country at heart? Is he in it for his own bank balance regardless of how he gets it? Is he willing to go out on a limb for the will of his voters? Will he demand justice? Or will he demand justice only whilst he is running for office? Akin to Clegg, Cable and Cameron.
Maude, you hit on why I do not like Politicians.