Resumen de Parliamentary Scrutiny and Redress of Grievances

Paul G. Thomas

• Parliament is a political forum in which a small group of partisan politicians called the Prime Minister and Cabinet is given the authority and resources to define and implement public policy. They do this subject to the requirement that they regularly account for their actions before the public¿s elected representatives. This article looks at the traditional concept of accountability as well as some recent innovations such as the work of various officers of Parliament.