The changing role of Assembly Committees

One of the best things about Welsh devolution is the constitutional adaptability of the institution. This isn’t constitutional navel-gazing around Assembly powers but the way the architecture of the Assembly has been redesigned to adapt to change.

In evolving, the committees of the Assembly have shown they are flexible. Or rather, certain key politicians have shown flexibility in redesigning them to be better suited to role and purpose.  Although they have evolved, questions remain as to how much more they need to change. And inevitably this includes the view on whether the Assembly needs to be expanded to include more Members to make the Committees function better.

The second of the Bevan Foundation’s Senedd Series of long essays is exactly the right place to examine issues of past, present and future Assembly scrutiny arrangements in the depth they deserve.  An essential contribution to our understanding and to debate.

Language: English
Pages: 10
Format: PDF, 250kb
Price: Free

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