10 Conclusions
115. Our principal conclusions are:
a) The Wright reforms have worked
and should be retained and developed, with chairs continuing to
be directly elected by the whole House and Members elected within
parties
b) Public opinion, commentators
and academic critics have all recognised that select committee
work is the most constructive and productive aspect of Parliament
c) Public engagement has been
achieved on a large scale, with a wide range of people, giving
oral and written evidence, taking part in committee on-line consultations
or surveys, and drawing on committee reports on their work
d) Select committee scrutiny
is now part of the thinking of ministers and public bodies—it
is the context within which they operate—and has a continuing
effect in addition to the impact of specific recommendations
e) Prime Ministers' oral evidence
sessions with the Liaison Committee have become more effective
in scrutinising the influence No. 10 Downing Street exercises
in policy-making across government.
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