id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_hsp2sgadhzfkdjkrofvyqitml4 Hugh Bochel A Place at the Table? Parliamentary Committees, Witnesses and the Scrutiny of Government Actions and Legislation 2019 17 .pdf application/pdf 9460 640 53 Keywords: Diversity, representation, gender, Scottish Parliament, participation. the work done by parliamentary committees, and in particular the voices that they hear outreach policies and participation in public events held in parliaments, the IPU's selfassessment toolkit does not extend to the voices that a parliament's committees might The committees of the Scottish Parliament are responsible for both legislative diversity of voices heard by committees, including oral witnesses. Parliament, 2015), the Public Engagement Strategy (Scottish Parliamentary Corporate gender (for example, The Good Parliament report: Childs, 2016) and select committee for Wales and Scottish Parliament, found that in each legislature male witnesses typically committees make considerable use of witnesses from 'representative bodies' or umbrella (2018) 'Committee hearings of the UK Parliament: who gives evidence and does this matter?', (2012) 'Committee hearings of the Scottish Parliament: evidence Liaison Committee (2018) Witness Gender Diversity, London: The Stationery Office. Witnesses and diversity in the Scottish Parliament ./cache/work_hsp2sgadhzfkdjkrofvyqitml4.pdf ./txt/work_hsp2sgadhzfkdjkrofvyqitml4.txt