Assessing the influence of select committees in the uk: the education and skills committee, 1997–2005

Journal of Legislative Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-89

  Hindmoor, Andrew ^a   Larkin, Phil ^b   Kennon, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parliament; Policy; Select Committees; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050172654     PISSN: 13572334     EISSN: 17439337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13572330802666844     Document Type: Article

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