Reviewing the review: a three-dimensional approach to analysing the 2017–2020 review of the House of Lords investigative and scrutiny committees

John Connolly; Matthew Flinders; David Judge

Reviewing the review: a three-dimensional approach to analysing the 2017–2020 review of the House of Lords investigative and scrutiny committees

Connolly, John ^[1] ; Flinders, Matthew ^[2] ; Judge, David ^[3]
1. [1] University of the West of Scotland
  
  University of the West of Scotland
  
  Reino Unido
2. [2] University of Sheffield
  
  University of Sheffield
  
  Reino Unido
3. [3] University of Strathclyde
  
  University of Strathclyde
  
  Reino Unido
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Localización: The Journal of legislative studies, ISSN 1357-2334, Vol. 29, Nº. 2, 2023, págs. 234-270
Idioma: inglés
DOI: 10.1080/13572334.2021.1978762
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Resumen
- Between 2017 and 2020 a comprehensive review of the framework ofinvestigatory scrutiny committees in the House of Lords was undertaken. Thisprocess led to a far-reaching set of recommendations and reforms. Althoughcarefully couched in the language of evolutionary change, this article arguesthat these reforms possess a transformational dynamic that is difficult todeny. The challenge, however, is likely to emerge from the existence of alargely hidden disjuncture between the accountability ambitions embeddedwithin this reform agenda and the institutional, constitutional and politicalmatrixes within which the‘new’committee system in the Lords is expectedto operate. A three-dimensional lens emphasising inter-, intra-, and extra-institutional dimensions is utilised to expose and dissect the existence ofpotential disjuncture and, through this, offers a‘review of the review’informed by broader literatures on legislative organisation and policy analysisthat will be of interest to both practitioners and scholars.
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