Workings of Westminster : essays in honour of David Menhennet, MA, DPhil, librarian of the House of Commons, 1976-1991

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Workings of Westminster : essays in honour of David Menhennet, MA, DPhil, librarian of the House of Commons, 1976-1991

with a foreword by Mr. Speaker Weatherill ; edited by Dermot Englefield

Dartmouth, c1991

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Emphasizing the way in which Westminster acts increasingly as an information broker for the nation, these 19 essays describe aspects of the organization and working of parliament.

Table of Contents

  • The organization of the House of Commons service, Sir Clifford Boulton
  • the administration of the House of Commons, George Roberts
  • the members' need for information, Colin Shepherd MP
  • members' personal staff - the secretary, Jeanne Griffin-Smith, the research assistant, Maureen Colquhoun
  • select committees and information, Paul Silk
  • reporting select committees - the shorthand writer to the houses, Elizabeth Holland
  • compiling the record - the making of Hansard, Ian Churh
  • broadcasting the record - after the word came the picture, John Grist
  • subject specialists in the House of Commons library, Geoffrey Lock
  • parliament informs - the work of the public information office, Chris Pons
  • parliament's papers and proceedings - the use of computers, Jane Wainwright
  • parliamentarians and figures, Rob Clements
  • distributing parliament's documents - the work of the vote office, Roy Russell
  • preserving parliament's proceedings - the work of the House of Lords record office, Harry Cobb
  • informing peers - the work of the House of Lords library, Roger Morgan
  • printed parliamentary papers in the British Library, David Jervis et al
  • the commonwealth informs - the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (HQ), Hon. David Tonkin and Andrew Imlach
  • the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch), Peter Cobb
  • the study of parliament group, Michael Ryle. Conclusion: the House of Commons library in the 1990s, Jennifer Tanfield

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