作者
Stephen Peckham, Dame Jane Dacre, John Appleby, Anita Charlesworth, Robert Francis
发表日期
2024/4
来源
Parliamentary Affairs
卷号
77
期号
2
页码范围
262–284-262–284
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
We report on a recent innovation for one Departmental Select Committee. While government policy commitments are well publicised, little attention is paid to the quality of commitments made or to assessing progress against those commitments. In 2020, the Health and Social Care Select Committee commissioned an Expert Panel to conduct independent, in-depth evaluations of government progress on selected policy commitments. The first evaluations in 2021/22 assessed commitments in maternity, mental health and cancer services, and workforce and it was the first time a government department has been systematically graded against its own commitments. This is an important new method of scrutiny with the potential to complement and enhance the work of Select Committee inquiries. This paper reviews the development of select committees highlighting issues relating to their operation and, in particular …
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