How Parliament Works by Rogers, Robert -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgements 1 Parliament: its home and origins 2 Who is in Parliament?

The Commons The Lords The Queen

3 Running Parliament

The House of Commons The Speaker The Deputy Speakers The Leader of the House The Clerk of the House The House of Commons Service The House administration The House departments MPs’ pay, allowances and IPSA Finance for opposition parties The House of Lords The Lord Speaker The Chairman of Committees, Deputy Speakers and Deputy Chairmen The Leader of the House of Lords The Clerk of the Parliaments and the staff of the House House of Lords administration How much does Parliament cost?

4 Influences on Parliament

The House of Commons The party Parliamentary standards The House of Lords

5 The parliamentary day and the organisation of business

The parliamentary calendar A parliament A session Adjournments The sitting week in the Commons The sitting day in the Commons Time in the House An MP’s day Sittings and use of time in the House of Lords Parliamentary papers Voting The media Broadcasting Parliament Privilege Procedure

6 Making the law

Government bills Commons stages Lords stages Disagreement between the Houses: the balance of power Private legislation Delegated legislation

7 Parliament and the taxpayer

The Budget cycle The estimates cycle The reporting cycle Conclusion

8 Debates

Debates in the House of Lords

9 Calling to account: questions

Questions in the Commons Questions in the House of Lords Public petitions e-Petitions MPs’ letters

10 Calling to account: select committees

Select committees in the House of Commons The committees How committees work Select committees in the House of Lords

11 Parliament and Europe 12 The future of Parliament

Modernisation, reform and effectiveness The House of Commons The House of Lords Modernisation of practice and procedure in the Lords Conclusion

Glossary of parliamentary terms Sources of information about Parliament Index

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