Politics of Financial Control - The Role of the House of Commons

Originally published in 1966, this book takes a look at the ancient and traditional, as well as more recent procedures in parliament for controlling finance. It questions outdated procedures and also examines the tendency of the party leaders to restrict control and even debate of financial matters in the House of Commons.

List of contents

1. The Mysteries of Parliamentary Financial Procedure 2. Campion’s Four Rules of Financial Procedure 3. The Control of Expenditure by Parliamentary Debate 4. The Financial Select Committees 5. Raising the Revenue 6. Is Parliamentary Financial Control a Myth?

About the author

Gordon Reid was Professor of Politics at the University of Western Australia and Governor of Western Australia.

Summary

Originally published in 1966, this book takes a look at the ancient and traditional, as well as more recent procedures in parliament for controlling finance. It questions outdated procedures and also examines the tendency of the party leaders to restrict control and even debate of financial matters in the House of Commons.

Product details

• Authors: Gordon Reid, Reid Gordon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032421803
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3242180-3
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, Political structure & processes, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Political Economy, Political structure and processes