TY - BOOK AU - Rogers, Robert. AU - Walters, Rhodri. TI - How parliament works SN - 0273790374 U1 - 328.41 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Great Britain. Parliament KW - Great Britain KW - Legislative bodies N1 - 1. Parliament : its home and origins -- 2. Who is in Parliament? -- The Commons -- The Lords -- The Queen -- 3. Running Parliament -- The House of Commons -- The Speaker -- The Deputy Speakers -- The Leader of the House -- The Clerk of the House -- The House of Commons service -- The House administration -- The House departments -- MPs' pay, allowances and IPSA -- Finance for opposition parties -- The House of Lords -- The Lord Speaker -- The Chairman of Committees, Deputy Speakers and Deputy Chairmen -- The Leader of the House of Lords -- The Clerk of the Parliaments and the staff of the House -- House of Lords administration -- How much does Parliament cost? -- 4. Influences on Parliament -- The House of Commons -- The party -- Parliamentary standards -- The House of Lords -- 5. The parliamentary day and the organization of business -- The parliamentary calendar -- A parliament -- A session -- Adjournments -- The sitting week in the Commons -- The sitting day in the Commons -- Time in the House -- An MP's day -- Sittings and use of time in the House of Lords -- Parliamentary papers -- Voting -- The media -- Broadcasting Parliament -- Privilege -- Procedure -- 6. Making the law -- Government bills -- Commons stages -- Lords stages -- Disagreement between the Houses : the balance of power -- Private legislation -- Delegated legislation -- 7. Parliament and the taxpayer -- The budget cycle -- The estimates cycle -- The reporting cycle -- Conclusion -- 8. Debates -- Debates n the House of Lords -- 9. Calling to account : questions -- Questions in the Commons -- Questions in the House of Lords -- Public petitions -- e-Petitions -- MPs' letters -- 10. Calling to account : select committees -- Select committees in the House of Commons -- The committees -- How committees work -- Select committees in the House of Lords -- 11. Parliament and Europe -- 12. The future of Parliament -- Modernization, reform and effectiveness -- The House of Commons -- The House of Lords -- Modernization of practice and procedure in the Lords -- Conclusion -- Glossary of parliamentary terms ER -