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
Rupert and James Murdoch finally agreed to give evidence to the Culture Media and Sport Committee on phone hacking only after being formally summoned.

After he refused an informal invitation, the chair of the BIS Committee wrote to Mr Ashley summoning him to attend a hearing on 7 June as part of its investigation into Sports Direct’s pay and working conditions. The BIS committee will now be hoping that their soft power – in the form of impact on the retailer’s share price – will persuade Mr Ashley to attend. But so far – in the media at least – he has implied that he does not intend to give evidence as requested on 7 June.

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