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'Parliament has shown that it is both able and willing to resist attempts by the government to weaken political accountability, and to resist such attempts so successfully that the result is actually to strengthen political accountability.' Discuss the extent to which you agree with this statement. Do you think the courts have any residual role in holding the government to account? Before discussing political accountability it is perhaps paramount to define what is meant by the expression. Political accountability refers to when 'MPs and peers call the government to account for its actions and inactions through a variety of formal parliamentary procedures.'1 Accountability rests largely on the effectiveness of the sanctions and the capacity of Parliament to monitor the actions, decisions, and private interests of Government Ministers. The accountability mechanisms in the United Kingdom enable Parliament to gain information about and control those with authority. Parliament performs an irreplaceable role in any representative...

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