Unit 10 Questions
Please answer each of the following questions. If you are taking this course in a group you may then meet to discuss your answers.
- Do you think that Ministers should be allowed to excuse themselves from giving evidence to parliamentary committees on the grounds that they are always open to question in parliament?
- Draw up a basic list of immunities and privileges given to Members of Parliament: what does society think of them?
- In what ways is the parliamentary staff in your country protected in carrying out its duties?
Relevant Abbreviations
CPA Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
IPU Inter-Parliamentary Union
NDI National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
UNDP United Nations Development Program
USAID United States Agency for International Development
WBI World Bank Institute
Relevant Internet Resources
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
www.cpahq.org
Select Bibliography
Beetham, D. (2008). Parliament and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century – A Guide to Good Practice. Geneva, IPU.
CPA/WBI (2006). Recommended Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures. London, CPA.
CPA/WBI (2005). The Administration and Financing of Parliament. London, CPA.
ComSec and CPA (2000). Democracy and Small States. London, ComSec.
CPA (1997). Guidelines for the Training of Parliamentary Staff, 2nd impression. London, CPA.
CPA (2001). Gender-Sensitizing Commonwealth Parliaments. London, CPA.
CPA (2003). Development of Knowledge-Based Parliamentarians: Information and the Knowledge-Based Parliamentarian. London, CPA.
www.cpahq.org/uploadstore/docs/PKPStudyGroupreport.pdf
Griffith, J.A.G. and Ryle, M.T. (2003). Parliament: Function, Practice and Procedure, 2nd edition (ed. Blackburn, R., Kennon, A. and Wheeler-Booth, Sir Michael). London, Sweet and Maxwell.
Harris, I.C. (2003). Promoting the Work of Parliament. Geneva, Association of Secretaries General of Parliament.
http://www.asgp.info/reports/promoting_final_report.pdf
IPU (2008). Evaluating Parliament – a Self-Assessment Toolkit for Parliaments. Geneva, IPU.
King, S. (2003). Regulating the Behaviour of Ministers. London, University College (UCL).
Mandel, T. (2005). Parliament and Access to Information – Working for Transparent Governance. Washington, D.C., WBI.
NDI (2000). Legislative Research Series: Strengthening Legislative Capacity in Legislative-Executive Relations. Washington, D.C., NDI.
Norton, Lord (Philip) (1993). Does Parliament Matter? London, Harvester Wheatsheaf.
Norton, Lord (Philip) (2005). Parliament in British Politics. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Ogle, D. (1997). Management and Organization of Representative Assemblies. Washington, USAID/State University of New York.
Rogers, R. and Walters, R. (2004). How Parliament Works, 5th edition. Pearson Longman UK.
UNDP (current). Internal Organization of the Legislative Branch. New York, UNDP.
http://www.undp.org/governance/parldev/docs/internalorg.htm
USAID Center for Democracy and Governance (2000). Handbook on Legislative Strengthening. Washington DC, USAID.
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