dc.contributor.author |
Roycroft, Pita |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2019-01-10T03:28:44Z |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-07-12T02:25:36Z |
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dc.date.available |
2019-01-10T03:28:44Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-07-12T02:25:36Z |
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dc.date.copyright |
2017 |
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dc.date.issued |
2017 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/20914 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This paper analyses the value of question time in New Zealand as a parliamentary accountability mechanism. It uses Professor Mark Bovens’ definition of accountability as a social relation to develop a bespoke, criteria-based evaluative framework for assessing question time’s performance. Six aspects of question time are evaluated: supplementary questions, patsy questions, the rule governing the adequacy of replies, the power to transfer responsibility for questions, ministerial responsibility, and media reporting practices. Each of these aspects is found to hinder the House of Representative’s ability to hold Ministers to account in question time. Several recommendations for reform are proposed for each aspect. Unless Members of Parliament and Ministers are willing to implement meaningful change, question time will have little value as a parliamentary accountability mechanism, and the principle of responsible government will be diminished. |
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dc.format |
pdf |
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dc.language |
en_NZ |
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dc.language.iso |
en_NZ |
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dc.publisher |
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington |
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dc.subject |
Question time |
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dc.subject |
Accountability |
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dc.subject |
Parliament |
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dc.subject |
House of Representatives |
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dc.subject |
Ministerial responsibility |
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dc.title |
Question Time or Show Time? Analysing the Value of Question Time as a Parliamentary Accountability Mechanism |
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dc.type |
Text |
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vuwschema.contributor.unit |
Victoria Law School |
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vuwschema.contributor.unit |
Faculty of Law / Te Kauhanganui Tātai Ture |
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vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
160599 Policy and Administration not elsewhere classified |
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vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
160608 New Zealand Government and Politics |
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vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
180103 Administrative Law |
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vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
180120 Legal Institutions (incl. Courts and Justice Systems) |
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vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
189999 Law and Legal Studies not elsewhere classified |
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vuwschema.subject.anzsrcseo |
970118 Expanding Knowledge in Law and Legal Studies |
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vuwschema.type.vuw |
Research Paper or Project |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Law |
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thesis.degree.name |
LL.B. (Honours) |
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vuwschema.subject.anzsrcforV2 |
489999 Other law and legal studies not elsewhere classified |
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vuwschema.contributor.school |
School of Law |
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