Liason and backbench business committee SCRUTINY

Question 1

what are liason committees

Answer 1

The Liaison Committee is made up of Select Committee Chairs. It considers the overall work of select committees, promotes effective scrutiny of Government and chooses committee reports for debates. It questions the Prime Minister about policy, usually three times a year.

Question 2

what is the backbench business committee

Answer 2

The Backbench Business Committee gives opportunities to backbench Members of Parliament to bring forward debates of their choice.
Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.

Question 3

strengths of these committees

Answer 3

• questioning by liaison committees are challenging as the chairs are well informed senior politicians
• BBBC allows an opportunity to question government policy, highlight flaws in policy and raise new isseus

Question 4

what are the weaknesses of these committees

Answer 4

• chairs of committees dont always work together
• there needs to be more work done on following up on government responses to select committee reports to ensure theyre fulfilling their promises
• BBBC only have 35 days when backbenchers can set the parliamentary agenda every year
• the sessions are held on thursday afternoons which as seen as the graveyard slot

Question 5

example

Answer 5

boris johnson walked out on a liaison committee as he didn’t like the question being asked