Pre-Appointment Scrutiny Hearings in the British House of Commons: All Bark, or Some Bite?
Pre-Appointment Scrutiny Hearings in the British House of Commons: All Bark, or Some Bite?
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英国下议院预约前审查听证会：全是咆哮，还是有些咬人？
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10.1080/13572334.2012.673066
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2012
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通讯作者：
Hazell R
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Hazell R
2007年，英国首相戈登·布朗同意下议院委员会应该开始就关键的公共任命举行任命前听证会。这最初受到议员们的欢迎，他们认为这是朝着限制行政权力和加强议会作用迈出的重要一步。然而，在不顾相关特别委员会的建议而任命儿童事务专员后，许多议员对听证会不再抱有幻想。根据对参与任命过程的人的广泛采访，本文认为，尽管委员会可能对任命缺乏正式否决权，但它们确实有相当大的影响力。大多数候选人表示，他们不会不顾专责委员会的建议接受任命。因此，不应认为任命前的听证会毫无意义，而应将其视为委员会对公共任命施加影响的重要机制。这告诉我们关于立法机构权力的两件重要事情。首先，它证实了立法的影响远比学者们早就注意到的简单行使否决权要微妙得多。但其次，它也表明，即使是这一过程中最核心的参与者(国会议员)可能也不会意识到这一事实。
In 2007 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown agreed that House of Commons committees should start holding pre-appointment hearings for key public appointments. This was initially welcomed by MPs, who viewed it as an important step towards limiting executive power and strengthening the role of parliament. However, following the appointment of the Children's Commissioner against the advice of the relevant select committee, many MPs became disillusioned with the hearings. Based on extensive interviews with those involved in the appointments process, this article argues that while committees may lack formal veto power over appointments, they do have considerable influence. Most candidates said they would not have taken up their appointment against the advice of the select committee. So pre-appointment hearings should not be dismissed as pointless, but rather seen as an important mechanism through which committees can exert influence over public appointments. This tells us two important things about the powers of legislatures. First, it confirms that legislative influence is far more subtle than the simple exercise of veto powers, as scholars have long noted. But second, it also demonstrates that even the most central actors in the process (the MPs) may not appreciate this fact.
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