The budget process : a parliamentary imperative

Author(s)

• McGee, David G.

Bibliographic Information

The budget process : a parliamentary imperative

David G. McGee

Pluto Press : Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, 2007

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Parliament's right to authorise government spending is the source of all other parliamentary powers and is fundamental to democracy. How parliaments enforce this power and how they can play their full part in the budget process more effectively are described in this detailed assessment of the appropriate and varied rules and practices being developed around the Commonwealth and beyond. The Budget Process provides an insider's view of Parliament's role in approving and overseeing government spending: what Parliament is supposed to do, what it isn't, and how it could do more.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Budget preparation 3. Approval of the budget 4. Approval of the budget 5. Implementing the budget 6. Evaluation of the budget 7. The federal dimension and second chambers 8. Reflections Appendix 1 Works consulted Appendix 2 Participants in the CPA Budget and Financial Oversight Workshop, London, 8-10 November 2006 Appendix 3Scrutinizing Public Expenditures: Assessing the Performance of Public Accounts Committees

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Details

• NCID: BA87738198
• ISBN:
  • 9780745327747
• LCCN: 2008428397
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 171 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HJ2009
  • DC22 : 352.4/8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Budget process
  • LCSH : Expenditures, Public
  • LCSH : Finance, Public