Future of Parliament

SARAH CHILDS Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Bristol, UKSTEPHEN COLEMAN Fellow, Jesus College Oxford, UKBYRON CRIDDLE Reader in Politics, Aberdeen University, UKPAUL EVANS Chairman, Study of Parliament Group, UKMATTHEW FLINDERS Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield, UKOONAGH GAY Head of the Parliament and Constitution Centre, House of Commons Library, UKMARK HUTTON Clerk of the Defence Committee, UKHELEN IRWIN Principal Clerk, Table Office, House of Commons, UKNEVIL JOHNSON Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, UKCOLIN LEE House of Commons Clerk, UKJOHN MCELDOWNEY Professor of Law, University of Warwick, UKDAVID MIERS Professor of Law, Cardiff University, UKDAVID NATZLER Secretary of the House of Commons Commission, UKRALPH NEGRINE Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Leicester, UKPHILIP NORTON Professor of Government, University of Hull, UKDAWN OLIVER Professor of Constitutional Law, University College London, UKMICHAEL RUSH Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Exeter, UKMICHAEL RYLE Former House of Commons Clerk, UKCOLIN SEYMOUR-URE Emeritus Professor of Government, University of Kent, UKDONALD SHELL Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Bristol, UKBARRY WINETROBE Lecturer in Public Law, University of Glasgow, UK

• Preface Notes on Contributors PROSPECTS Forty Years on and a Future Agenda; M.Ryle What of Parliament's Future?; N.Johnson A CHANGING PARLIAMENT The Make-Up of Parliament; B.Criddle, S.Childs & P.Norton Career Patterns and Professionalisation; M.Rush A Changing Culture; M.Rush & S.Childs WATCHING THE GOVERNMENT: PARLIAMENT AND SCRUTINY Objects and Questions; P.Giddings & H.Irwin Parliament and Public Money; J.McEldowney & C.Lee Select Committees: Scrutiny a la Carte?; D.Natzler & M.Hutton Scrutiny at and Beyond the Fringe; M.Flinders The House of Lords: A Chamber of Scrutiny?; D.Shell MAKING THE LAW: PARLIAMENT AND LEGISLATION Parliament's Role and the Modernisation Agenda; D.Oliver, P.Evans, C.Lee & P.Norton Modes of Scrutiny; D.Oliver, P.Evans & C.Lee Untouched by Reform - Private Members Bills and Delegated Legislation; D.Oliver, D.Miers & P.Evans Less is More; D.Oliver, D.Miers & P.Evans GUARDING THE CITIZENRY Time for Coherence: Parliament and the Constitutional Watchdogs; O.Gay Judges, Lawyers and Parliament; D.Oliver & P.Evans THE WORLD BEYOND WESTMINSTER To War or not to War? That is the Question; P.Giddings Devolution: From One Parliament to Four; B.Winetrobe Westminster in Europe; P.Giddings PARLIAMENT AND MEDIA The Challenge of Adaptation; R.Negrine & C.Seymour-Ure New Media and Parliamentary Democracy; S.Coleman CONCLUSION Purpose and Prospects; P.Giddings Appendix: Publications by the Study of Parliament Group Bibliography