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Apart from issues of representation, the new Scottish Parliament resembles Westminster more than its founders had hoped. It was influenced by the same reform agenda that has animated debates on reform of the Commons. The most significant changes from the Westminster model are evident in the voting system, though less than anticipated. Westminster continued to reform itself, albeit in limited ways, after 1997 while Holyrood has rarely addressed some of the same issues. Significant changes appear more likely at the outset of an institution's establishment than after it has come into being when practices, styles and interests are established and reform relies on either an exogenous shock or slow, incremental change. Adapted from the source document.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- The Westminster civil service tradition -- Features of Westminster advisory systems -- Alternatives to Westminster advisory systems -- America: the legacy of the spoils system -- European cabinet system -- Approach -- Outline -- References -- 2 Genesis and rise -- United Kingdom -- Canada -- Australia -- New Zealand -- Analysis -- Numbers of advisors -- Roles of advisors -- Influence of advisors -- References -- 3 Advisors and the civil service -- United Kingdom -- Canada -- Australia -- New Zealand -- Analysis -- References -- 4 Scandals and controversies -- United Kingdom -- Exceeding authority -- Media issues -- Canada -- Interference with the bureaucracy -- Exceeding authority -- Miscommunication -- Australia -- Media issues -- Interference with the bureaucracy -- Parliamentary issues -- New Zealand -- Classification of scandals -- Media issues -- Advisors overstepping their roles -- Categorisation of advisors' roles -- Interference with the bureaucracy -- Miscommunication -- Causes of scandals -- The politics/media interface -- The faction/opposition interface -- Overly partisan behaviour -- Appointments by patronage -- The influence of money on politics -- Lack of legal or political regulation -- References -- 5 Legal and political regulation -- United Kingdom -- Legal regulation -- Parliamentary scrutiny -- Scrutiny by oversight bodies -- Canada -- Legal regulation -- Parliamentary scrutiny -- Scrutiny by oversight bodies -- Australia -- Legal regulation -- Parliamentary scrutiny -- Scrutiny by oversight bodies -- New Zealand -- Legal regulation -- Parliamentary scrutiny -- Scrutiny by oversight bodies -- Adequacy of legal and political regulation -- References -- 6 Realigning Westminster

Alice Bacon was one of the twentieth-century's most remarkable female politicians. Born and raised in the Yorkshire town of Normanton, she defied the odds to be elected Labour MP for Leeds North East in the 1945 General Election. Famed in her home town for her unlikely love of sports cars, she was a much-respected, no-nonsense, hard-working representative for her beloved Yorkshire home in Westminster. Mentored by Herbert Morrison and Hugh Gaitskell, she rose through the party becoming a Home Office minister under Roy Jenkins and latterly an Education Minister with responsibility for the introduction of comprehensive schools. In the Home Office in the 1960s she oversaw the introduction of substantial societal changes, including the abolition of the death penalty, the decriminalisation of homosexuality and the legalisation of abortion. Her political career spanned some of the most momentous decades in Britain's postwar history and she played an integral part in some of the most significant social, educational and political changes which the country has ever witnessed. Labour MP Rachel Reeves here tells Alice Bacon's story, narrating one woman's extraordinary progression from the coalfields to the Commons

Alice Bacon was one of the twentieth-century's most remarkable female politicians. Born and raised in the Yorkshire town of Normanton, she defied the odds to be elected Labour MP for Leeds North East in the 1945 General Election. Famed in her home town for her unlikely love of sports cars, she was a much-respected, no-nonsense, hard-working representative for her beloved Yorkshire home in Westminster. Mentored by Herbert Morrison and Hugh Gaitskell, she rose through the party becoming a Home Office minister under Roy Jenkins and latterly an Education Minister with responsibility for the introduction of comprehensive schools. In the Home Office in the 1960s she oversaw the introduction of substantial societal changes, including the abolition of the death penalty, the decriminalisation of homosexuality and the legalisation of abortion. Her political career spanned some of the most momentous decades in Britain's postwar history and she played an integral part in some of the most significant social, educational and political changes which the country has ever witnessed.Labour MP Rachel Reeves here tells Alice Bacon's story, narrating one woman's extraordinary progression from the coalfields to the Commons.

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Epigraph -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of notable political 'firsts' for women in the House of Commons -- Prologue to the Paperback Edition -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Seats For Women: 1919-31 -- A one woman show: Nancy Astor -- Warming pans and male equivalence -- Labour women -- 1924: 'The orphans of the storm' -- The Lady Members' Room -- From words to deeds: legislating for reform -- The end of an era -- Women in government -- 2 Women at War: 1931-45 -- Ellen Wilkinson and the Jarrow Crusade -- Eleanor Rathbone and family allowances -- The prophetesses and the gathering storm -- Woman power -- Into a brave new world -- 3 Let Us Face the Future: 1945-59 -- Parliamentary culture, chocolates and cancans -- 'From the cradle to the grave' -- 'Jam tomorrow'? The housewives' revolt -- Defending the vulnerable: the beginnings of social reform -- 4 Stilettos and Springboards: 1959-70 -- Building Barbara's Castle -- A tiger in my tank -- Not another Maggie Bondfield! -- 'Minister of the future': Jennie Lee, the Arts and the Open University -- Equal pay: Made in Dagenham -- Castle's many lives -- 5 Leaders and Losses: 1970-79 -- Becoming the Iron Lady -- Conservative women and feminism -- More women on the benches -- Making a difference -- Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher -- 6 Paths to Power: 1979-97 -- Settling into Number Ten -- A woman's cabinet -- Mothers in the House -- Leading ladies -- Visible women -- All-women shortlists -- A fashion House -- Intersections and minority caucus -- Women in the spotlight -- 7 New Labour, More Women: 1997-2010 -- A party for and of women? -- Policies in practice -- Courage and controversy -- Critical moments -- 8 More in Common: 2010-19 -- From 'Blair's Babes' to 'Cameron's Cuties'.