The House of Lords, like the Commons, has a Question Time, though it differs in important respects from the Commons. In addition to oral questions, it is possible to table questions for written answer. The Government is expected to answer a written question within ten working days. Most Departments manage to do so, but following complaints…
I was at the Institute for Government last night for the launch of the report of the Better Government Initiative entitled Good Government: Reforming Parliament and the Executive. You can read a copy here. It makes a number of sensible recommendations, not only in respect of relationships within government – between Departments and the centre – but…
When a ministerial statement is made in the Commons, it is normally repeated in the Lords. We had the statement this afternoon on the security breach where a Cabinet Office official left highly sensitive security material on a train. The Government announced that there was to be a review of security. It was clear from…
