Debate Reply
In: Policy & politics, Band 38, Heft 3, S. 489-490
ISSN: 1470-8442
A response to an article in the same journal issue by Bochel et al, "Scrutinising the secret state.". Adapted from the source document.
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In: Policy & politics, Band 38, Heft 3, S. 489-490
ISSN: 1470-8442
A response to an article in the same journal issue by Bochel et al, "Scrutinising the secret state.". Adapted from the source document.
In: Perspectives on European politics and society: journal of intra-European dialogue, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 223
ISSN: 1570-5854
In: Parliamentary history, Band 28, Heft 3, S. 475-477
ISSN: 1750-0206
In: Parliamentary Reform at Westminster, S. 184-200
In: The political quarterly, Band 80, Heft 3, S. 329-338
ISSN: 1467-923X
In May 2009, revelations made in The Daily Telegraph about the way that MPs had used and abused the House of Commons expenses and allowances regime threw the British political system into turmoil, forced the resignation of the Speaker of the Commons along with a number of implicated MPs, and ignited talk about a crisis in parliamentary democracy and a collapse of public trust in politics. This article explores the events that led to this situation, from the structure of MPs pay and allowance system, the Freedom of Information context that framed the disaster, and the crisis of transparency which the House of Commons has itself precipitated. It argues that, talk of parliamentary reform aside, MPs must radically rethink the way that they approach their representative role and the nature of their broader engagement with the public they claim to serve.
In: Parliamentary Reform at Westminster, S. 155-183
In: Parliamentary Reform at Westminster, S. 1-8
In: Parliamentary Reform at Westminster, S. 47-73
In: Parliamentary Reform at Westminster, S. 9-27
In: Parliamentary Reform at Westminster, S. 105-135
In: Parliamentary Reform at Westminster, S. 136-154
In: Parliamentary Reform at Westminster, S. 28-46
In: Parliamentary Reform at Westminster, S. 74-104
In: The political quarterly: PQ, Band 80, Heft 3, S. 329-338
ISSN: 0032-3179
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 61, Heft 3, S. 545-549
ISSN: 0031-2290