Ministers and Parliament, Accountability in Theory and Practice

Ministers and Parliament, Accountability in Theory and Practice

"In constitutional theory the convention of ministerial responsibility ensures the accountability of ministers to parliament. In practice it is frequently used by government to limit rather than facilitate accountability." This book examines the divergence between theory and practice by analysis of ministerial resignations, Select Committees, the effect of the Next Steps Agencies on ministerial responsibility, and comparrisons with the mechanisms of accountability adopted by other countries.

Woodhouse, Diana

Clarendon Press Oxford 1994, 311pp, index

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