Total Politics Guide to Parliament answers all these questions and illuminates many more aspects of Commons practice that are often confusing to the public. David Davis, MP and former Shadow Home Secretary, takes the reader through the nerve-racking experience of delivering a Maiden Speech in the Commons, explains the traditional procedures for the opening of Parliament by the monarch and describes the order of business for a typical working day in the Chamber. Prime Minister's Questions, Motions, Divisions and the Budget, as well as 'filibustering', 'pairing' and 'the guillotine', are explained and illustrated with amusing anecdotes and quotations from MPs past and present. This fully updated guide provides invaluable information on the history of Parliament, law-making, how committees function and the roles of the Prime Minister, Cabinet and Departments of State, giving a fascinating insight into Britain's greatest institution.
- ISBN10 1907278095
- ISBN13 9781907278099
- Publish Date 18 November 2010
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Biteback Publishing
- Imprint Total Politics
- Edition Revised ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English