Description
IN 1958, the Council of the Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government decided to investigate a question which in a sense has been topical since the establishment of Parliament. In general terms it is the question whether at any given period in our history the current arrangements and methods whereby the British Parliament conducts its business and carries out its responsibilities are adequate for these purposes. The flexibility of the British Parliamentary system is one of its glories and its history is a record of continuous change.
During the past half-century, social and economic changes have been so widespread and rapid (and this has been especially true during the past thirty years), that the question outlined above has been under continuous discussion. A very large number of suggestions have been made for changes, great and small, in the Parliamentary set-up.
In order to study these proposals the reader must search in many publications, including of course the voluminous records of Hansard.
It was therefore decided that a book should be prepared whose pages would contain a representative collection of these proposals arranged under appropriate headings and linked together by objective comment.
ISBN:PARLIAMENTARY
