Begley, P, Bochel, C, Bochel, H et al. (6 more authors) (2019) Evidence-informed or value-based? exploring the scrutiny of legislation in the UK Parliament. Journal of Legislative Studies, 25 (1). pp. 1-20. ISSN 1357-2334
Abstract
This article argues that three types of factor – process, subject and political circumstance – are likely to affect the extent to which claims of evidence are made during legislative scrutiny. It draws upon case studies of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, the Academies Act 2010 and the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016, utilising interviews with those involved and information from Hansard. The article concludes that these cases highlight that while there might be potential benefits from a yet more robust legislative scrutiny process, including greater use of pre-legislative scrutiny and the ability of public bill committees to take evidence from a wider range of witnesses and on all bills, subject and political factors would be likely to mean that the use of claims of evidence would continue to vary widely.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Legislative Studies on 22 Jan 2019, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2019.1570595 |
Keywords: | Evidence; legislation; Parliament; policy making; scrutiny |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 25 Feb 2019 10:55 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jul 2020 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13572334.2019.1570595 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:142910 |