Do UK MPs engage more with Select Committees since the Wright reforms?:: An interrupted time series analysis, 1979-2016

Stephen Bates; Mark Goodwin; Steve McKay

doi:10.1093/pa/gsx007

Do UK MPs engage more with Select Committees since the Wright reforms?: An interrupted time series analysis, 1979-2016

Stephen Bates, Mark Goodwin, Steve McKay

Political Science and International Studies

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Abstract

The 2010 Wright Reforms are the most significant changes to the Select Committee system in the UK House of Commons since their inauguration in their modern form in 1979. We use interrupted time series techniques (ARIMA) to test the impact of the Wright Report on the level of parliamentarians’ engagement with those Select Committees covered by the Wright Reforms using proxy measures of membership attendance and turnover rates. We find little or no evidence that the Wright Report had an impact on these outcomes. In light of these findings, we argue that some of the claims made regarding the successes of Select Committees and the Wright Reforms are overblown or, at least, premature and inadequately supported by evidence, and that further reforms may be needed if the aims of the Wright Committee are to be realised more fully.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	780–800
Journal	Parliamentary Affairs
Volume	70
Issue number	4
Early online date	26 Apr 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsx007
Publication status	Published - Oct 2017

Keywords

House of Commons
MPs
Parliament
Select Committees
Wright Reforms

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Political Science and International Relations

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