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By Professor Michael Rush, Philip Giddings
This primary book-length learn of the socialisation of MPs makes use of questionnaire facts accrued over Parliaments (1992-97 and 1997-2001) to determine how MPs find out about, and what their attitudes are in the direction of, their position as a Member of Parliament. It analyzes their participation in debates, using Parliamentary Questions and committee paintings.
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Thus, the House of Commons in 2010 is not a fundamentally different institution from that elected in 1992, 1997, 2001 and 2005, but nor is it the same. Changes have taken place in the way it works and yet more may follow, and not merely because 2010 produced the first coalition government for 65 years. The scandal of MPs’ expenses raised questions about the standing of Parliament and its role in British politics. Whether significant change takes place depends in part upon the attitudes and behaviour of MPs, especially those first elected in 2010: 1997 produced the largest number of new MPs since 1945 and 2010 came close to equalling it, but the changes in the way Parliament operated that followed 1997, though important, were limited; will those that follow 2010 be more fundamental?
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MPs’ attitudes are therefore to a significant degree seen through the prism of party: supporting the party inside (and outside) Parliament is a major part of the British MP’s role. 1 The three roles of the Member of Parliament Role Description The partisan role Supporting the party in debates, in the asking of parliamentary Questions and in the signing of motions, in committee work and, above all, in the division lobbies. g. access to welfare, housing and other local council issues, and immigration cases.