The recent spat over whether a Bill should be taken in Grand Committee or on the floor of the House rather masks the more important limitation of committee scrutiny. Whether a Bill is taken for committee stage in Grand Committee or on the floor is not a major issue. Grand Committee is not a committee in…
One rather encouraging aspect of this summer has been the number of parliamentary select committees that have been meeting. Some have held evidence-taking sessions – some quite high profile, as with the Governor of the Bank of England – and a number have issued reports. I have not noticed such use made of the summer…
The present session may appear light in legislative terms given the relatively few Bills being brought forward. However, the number of Bills masks the extent of the Government’s attempts to enact legislative change. It has developed a penchant for introducing Bills that are in effect several Bills in one. I have already written about the…
