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How effective is parliament at holding the executive to account? (30 marks) The executive is the government, and currently the Labour government are in power with Gordon Brown as the leader, and they have been in power since 1997. To ensure that the executive does not abuse its power, there are some checks and balances that parliament carry out. They are mostly held to account by standing committees, select committees, question time and debates. The first way in which the executive is held to account is by Prime Ministers Question Time. There is time allocated each day in the House of Commons for backbenchers and oppositions to ask the current Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, and other minister's oral questions about a huge range of issues. Most questions must be given to the prime minister and ministers before hand to give them an opportunity to prepare their answers, however, a few...

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