House of Commons Public Bill Committees and Oral Evidence: A Half-Step Forward?

IF 1.3 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Parliamentary Affairs Pub Date : 2022-06-16 DOI:10.1093/pa/gsac013

H. Bochel

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Abstract

The introduction of evidence sessions for House of Commons public bill committees in 2007, including oral evidence from witnesses, was widely seen as a potentially significant improvement in informing scrutiny of legislation. Drawing on interviews with officials and witnesses, and on data gathered from Hansard for the 2017–2019 session, this article examines the selection and some of the characteristics of witnesses, witnesses’ views of the process and how oral evidence is used in subsequent scrutiny of the legislation. While recognising that oral evidence does make an important contribution to scrutiny, the article notes that both the process as it currently exists, and the inevitable influence of political factors, mean that the impact of oral evidence on legislation remains very limited.

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下议院公共法案委员会和口头证据:向前迈进了半步?

2007年，英国下议院公共法案委员会引入了证据会议，包括证人的口头证据，这被广泛视为在告知立法审查方面的潜在重大改进。根据对官员和证人的采访，以及从2017-2019年会议记录中收集的数据，本文探讨了证人的选择和一些特征，证人对这一过程的看法，以及如何在随后的立法审查中使用口头证据。虽然承认口头证据确实对审查作出了重要贡献，但文章指出，目前存在的这一过程以及政治因素的不可避免的影响都意味着口头证据对立法的影响仍然非常有限。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

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Parliamentary Affairs POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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3.00

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8.30%

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期刊介绍： Parliamentary Affairs is an established, peer-reviewed academic quarterly covering all the aspects of government and politics directly or indirectly connected with Parliament and parliamentary systems in Britain and throughout the world. The journal is published in partnership with the Hansard Society. The Society was created to promote parliamentary democracy throughout the world, a theme which is reflected in the pages of Parliamentary Affairs.