Parliament and Government

Parliament and Government

Parliament

Research on Parliament is the core of the programme's work, and falls into two broad categories; the legislative, scrutiny and constitutional processes that govern our democracy and the organisation and infrastructure of Parliament as an institution.

As Parliament's 'critical friend' we have a long-standing reputation for developing challenging but realistic and workable policy recommendations to reform Parliament, particularly in the field of legislative scrutiny, many of which have subsequently been implemented at Westminster. Our rigorous, evidence based research is often quoted in parlimentary reports and utilised by government departments, our team are regularly called to give evidence to parliamentary select committees and we advise parliamentary officials on initiatives for reform both here in the UK and abroad.

 

Legislative, scrutiny and constitutional processes

The Parliament & Government programme has undertaken a number of in-depth research projects in the area of law-making, leading to influential reports with recommendations for improving parliamentary scrutiny. Our most recent work in this area, Law in the Making, is the result of a two-year study into the process and influences that change legislation during its development from policy into an Act of Parliament.

 

Parliament plc: its organisation and infrastructure

As well as considering the public's levels of political engagement in the annual Audit of Political Engagement, we also examine how Parliament as an institution can work to improve the public's understanding and engagement with the democratic processes. The latest work in this area is the Parliament and the Public report, which examined the public's knowledge of and attitudes towards Parliament.

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