Fourteenth Workshop of
Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians
27-28th July 2019
ITINERARY
SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019
BREAKFAST (8.00 - 8.45 am)
The Dining Hall
WELCOME (9.15am) LECTURE HALL
Dr Nicholas D. J. Baldwin – Dean, Wroxton College
Professor The Lord Norton of Louth – Director, Centre for Legislative Studies, University of Hull
SESSION 1 - PANEL A (9.30-11.00am) LECTURE HALL - PARLIAMENTARY DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Meg Russell, University College London
Parliaments: orphan institutions of democratic development
Jonathan Murphy, International Democracy and Governance Consultancy
Recommended benchmarks for democratic legislatures
Anthony Staddon, Parliamentary Consultant for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Benchmarks)
Parliaments in the global governance system
Juan de Dios Cincunegui, Chamber of Deputies, National Congress of Argentina
SESSION 1 - PANEL B (9.30-11.00am) REGENCY ROOM - PARLIAMENT AND MINISTERS
Chair: Greg Power, Global Partners Governance
Parliaments and Ministers: the impact of ministerial codes of conduct
Mark Shephard, University of Strathclyde
The challenges for ministerial responsibility posed by parliamentary requirements for special majority legislation: the effect of the Canadian Bill of Rights model for human rights in Trinidad and Tobago
Hamid Ghany, The University of the West Indies
Questions to the PM versus Questions by the PM: An Examination of the State and Nature of ‘Punch and Judy’ Politics during PMQs at Westminster
Mark Shephard and Daniel Braby,University of Strathclyde
REFRESHMENTS (11.00am)
The Buttery
SESSION 2 - PANEL A (11.30-1.00pm) LECTURE HALL - POST-LEGISLATIVE SCRUTINY - I
Chair: John E. Owens, Westminster University
The post-legislative scrutiny gap
Tom Caygill, University of Newcastle
Post-legislative scrutiny: connecting Parliament with the Public
Sue Griffiths, Global Partners Governance (GPG) and Baroness Suttie, House of Lords
SESSION 2 - PANEL B (11.30-1.00am) REGENCY ROOM - LEGISLATURES IN CHINA
Chair: Tapio Raunio, Tampere University
Selective responsiveness: information transmission in China’s local legislatures
Wenbo Chen, Beihang University, Beijing
Public budget engagement of the Chinese legislature under responsive authoritarianism: motives and strategies
Yishuai Wang, East China Normal University/University of Leeds
LUNCH (1.00pm)
The Dining Hall
SESSION 3 - PANEL A (2.00-3.30am) LECTURE HALL - LEGISLATURES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Jonas Cekuolis, National Democratic Institute, Jordan
The role of parliaments in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): a study of multi-parliamentary cooperation and Southeast Asian parliaments
Ratih Adiputri, University ofJyväskylä
Working in Conflict/Post-Conflict Environments: An Exploratory Comparative Analysis of How Context Shapes Programming
David E. Guinn, SUNY Center for International Development,and Jeffery D. Straussman, University at Albany
Advancing the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) through Malaysia Parliamentary Re
Muhamad Sayuti bin Hassan @ Yahya, Sultan Idris Education University and Idzuafi Hadi Kamilan, Parliament of Malaysia
SESSION 3 - PANEL B (2.00-3.30am) REGENCY ROOM - WHAT TYPE OF PARLIAMENT?
Chair: Mark Shephard, University of Strathclyde
More assertive than ever before? The role(s) and power (s) of the European Parliament in the UK’s withdrawal negotiations
Monika Brusenbauch Meislová, Masaryk University Brno
Challenging Arend Lijphart’s Hybrid VI: The case of Guyana
Hamid Ghany, The University of the West Indies
Rethinking the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament: The Republic’s Legislative Development Imperative
Maukesh Basdeo, The University of the West Indies
REFRESHMENTS (3.30pm)
The Buttery
SESSION 4 - PANEL A (4.00-5.30am) LECTURE HALL - POST-LEGISLATIVE SCRUTINY - II
Chair: Juan de Dios Cincunegui, Chamber of Deputies, Argentina
Parliamentary control over delegated legislation in Japan
Katsuhiro Musashi, Doshisha University
Parliamentary oversight of sustainable development goals and the application of post-legislative scrutiny principles
Fotis Fitsilis, Hellenic Parliament, and Franklin De Vrieze, Westminster Foundation for Democracy
SESSION 4 - PANEL B (4.00-5.30am) REGENCY ROOM - KEEPING IT LOCAL
Chair: Hamid Ghany, University of the West Indies
The MP-constituency link in the UK: changing roles
Lord Norton of Louth, University of Hull
Going Local: How the electoral incentive shapes political behaviour in developing democracies
Greg Power, Global Partners Governance (GPG)
TOUR OF THE MAIN BUILDING (6.00pm)
[Assemble in the Great Hall]
A guided tour of Wroxton Abbey by Lord Norton
DRINKS RECEPTION (7.00pm)
The Buttery
GALA DINNER (7.30pm)
In the Dining Hall, with entertainment provided by Julia Martin
SUNDAY 28 JULY 2019
BREAKFAST (8.00 - 8.45am)
In the Dining Hall
SESSION 5 - PANEL A (9.15-10.45am) LECTURE HALL - THE IMPACT OF DESIGN AND SPACE
Chair: Ingvar Mattson, Parliament of Sweden
Restoration, renewal, rebuilding and construction of Parliament buildings: a case study analysis of the impact of these architectural options on parliamentary democracy
Andrea Cullen, ACT Legislative Assembly, Canberra
‘Let’s have a chat’: the significance of informal space in parliaments
Lord Norton of Louth, University of Hull/House of Lords
SESSION 5 - PANEL B (9.15-10.45am) REGENCY ROOM - MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Chair: Sue Griffiths, Global Partners Governance
Encouraging a longer time horizon: The Committee for the Future in the Finnish Eduskunta
Vesa Koskimaa, Åbo Akademi University, and Tapio Raunio, Tampere University
How MPs scrutinise science and technology: developments in the House of Commons during the 20thcentury
Emmeline Ledgerwood, University of Leicester/British Library
REFRESHMENTS (10.45am)
In the Buttery
SESSION 6 - PANEL A (11.15-12.30am) LECTURE HALL - MAINTAINING SUPPORT
Chair: Gareth McGrath, Northern Ireland Assembly
The paradox of openness, accountability and trust in legislatures
Meg Russell, University College London
Tocquevillian restraint or Millian profiteering? Parliamentary remuneration in long-term comparative perspective
Nicholas Dickinson, University of Exeter
SESSION 6 - PANEL B (11.15-12.30am) REGENCY ROOM - LEGISLATURES IN AFRICA
Chair: Franklin De Vrieze, Westminster Foundation for Democracy
Legislators’ pathway to power: intra-party competition, clientelism and unresponsive representatives in Ghana
Martin Acheampong, University of Bamberg
LUNCH (12.30pm)
In the Dining Hall
GROUP PHOTOGRAPH (1.15pm)
On the steps of Wroxton Abbey
SESSION 7 - PLENARY (1.30-3.00pm) LECTURE HALL - TACKLING SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS
Chair: Meg Munn, Independent Consultant and former UK Minister for Women and Foreign SOffice Minister
Plenary discussion based on the IPU reports, Sexism, harrassment and violence against women parliamentarians, andSexism, harrassment and violence against women in parliaments in Europe
CLOSE of WORKSHOP (3.00pm) Professor The Lord Norton of Louth
Refreshments will be served in the Buttery