Why Doesn't Westminster Work?
Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
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The Importance of Critiquing Government
The FGO is like you thinking about how we might fix the things we think are wrong with government but also try to build on what it does do well. Is there anything you would pick out that you actually think government does do well? Well I mean the two parts of the overall system that I think work are the select committees and the House of Lords. The executive governments do need authority a free for all in Parliament is not in my view the best way of getting legislation through. There are little sort of diamonds in the rough but I got to say you've got to get through quite a lot of rough before you find the diamond.
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