1 INTRODUCTION
1. The purpose of this Report is to provide an account
of the Communities and Local Government Committee's activities
during 2007. As well as serving as a progress report to the Liaison
Committee, we hope that this Report will prove a useful reference
source to those with a general interest in the work of our Committee,
and to those with a wider interest in how Parliament carries out
its scrutiny functions.[1]
2. This has been a particularly productive year for
the Committee. We have produced eight Reports, in comparison to
the five we produced in the previous year. Our achievements should
not, though, be judged against quantitative outputs alone. They
can be seen in our ability to hold the Government to account and
influence Government policy for the benefit of the public.
1 The Liaison Committee consists of the chairmen of
departmental and some other select committees. It has several
formal functions relating to select committees, including recommending
reports for debate in the House and in Westminster Hall, and authorising
budgets for overseas travel. Back
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