Evidence bank ineffective & effective scrutiny

Question 1

Select committee: effective

Answer 1

Horizen IT scandel(2024_
Subpostmamsters fired and penalised for fault in It wich maked it look as though they were stealing money
-committee investigated and quashed convictions
- brought in experts and other witnesses infrount of committee
-public attention brought expedited process

Question 2

Select committee: ineffective

Answer 2

BOJO avoiding scrutiny: (2019)
-Said he willmiss apperrenc at HoC liaison committee so he could focuse on ‘delivering BREXIT’.
-3rd time he had refused to appear at the only select committee that has the ablity to call him to appear
- 14 minutes of Facebook live questions with presubmitted questions after saying he was too busy

Question 3

urgent question: successful

Answer 3

10/ 01/24: granted to David davis about post offic horisen IT scandel to dept f business and trade
-Number of Q rises acoring t nedded e.e. 2017-18

Question 4

Urgent q: unsuccessful

Answer 4

08? 01/24: granted to shadow LAB foreign secratry Ammy about situ in Gaza psed to Commonwalth dept
- hasn’t help still ramin secret for security country stiill uneasy
-In an urgent question on “Partygate” in 2022, junior minister Michael Ellis would answer the UQ rather than the PM.

Question 5

PMQs : successful

Answer 5

• soends several hurs prep mush know a large depth/ bredtha bout GOV policies
• Rishy had lowest PMQ attendec scince thacher (12.5% missed) stll sen someone senior in

Question 6

PMQs: unsuccessful

Answer 6

-Rish avoids scruitinit worse attendance than BOJO and Truss, dosn’t like scrutiny
- liason select committee
- make mutlitple exuses e.g. diddner wich othes who attned still made it back to arliment

Question 7

Lords debate: successful

Answer 7

• far more extended can be 7 hours for exxamle
• 2024 debat o forigh affair was +7h

Question 8

Lords debate unsuccessful

Answer 8

• no divison
  -not critinishing gov
  no division