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Parliamentary Affairs Advance Access originally published online on March 16, 2007
Parliamentary Affairs 2007 60(2):346-355; doi:10.1093/pa/gsm010
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The Fiscal Maze: Parliament, Government and Public Money

Alex Brazier

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PARLIAMENT has unique constitutional powers for authorising government to raise and spend public money and also has a responsibility, on behalf of the public, to hold government to account for this spending. This work goes to the heart of the political system. Furthermore, it is commonly held that few issues matter as much to the public as the amount of money taken from them in taxation and the way this money is subsequently spent by government. To look at the effectiveness of Westminster's functions in this area, the Hansard Society conducted an inquiry in 2005–2006 into Parliament's system of financial scrutiny. We took evidence from a range of people and organisations with expertise and interest in the issue and produced two reports: an interim paper, Inside the Counting House, published in December 2005, and a final report in July 2006, The Fiscal Maze: Parliament, Government and Public Money.1

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   The balance between legislature and executive
 

   Increasing parliamentary influence
 

   Parliamentary scrutiny of past government expenditure
 

   The role of the House of Lords and MPs
 

   Recent developments
 

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