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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
The Legislative Staff of the British House of Commons
Contributor:
Ryle, Michael T.
imprint:
Comparative Legislative Research Center of the University of Iowa, 1981
Published in:Legislative Studies Quarterly
Language:
English
ISSN:
0362-9805
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<p>The major expansion in the volume of parliamentary business in the last 30 years has produced an expansion in the size and duties of the staff of the House of Commons. The official permanent staff is appointed to serve the House as a whole, and is organised into six departments. The professional staffs of the new, departmentally-related select committees constitute one of the most interesting new developments, the most recent example of that pragmatic growth of the parliamentary staff which has also given it a somewhat fragmented structure. The House of Commons (Administration) Act of 1978 is the first attempt to create a unified parliamentary service. The principal functions of the parliamentary staff are to give advice on parliamentary procedure, to provide administrative services, and to undertake research. In addition, MPs have personal assistants, and each of the parliamentary parties has a small staff of its own.</p>