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2. CONTENT: LEGISLATION, BUDGET, AND OVERSIGHT[JCG: Added ‘Budget’] 2.1 General information about legislative, budget, and oversight activities[JCG: Added ‘General’ and ‘budget’] A. Explanation of the legislative process, including relationship between the legislature and the government B. Explanation of the budget process [JCG: Added 2.1.B] [RC: 2.1B now overlaps with section 2.6A and B - I sugegst it is better left in 2.6]
C. Explanation of the oversight process D. Glossary of parliamentary terms and procedures E. Information about the schedule of the chamber, including “today’s business” in all areas and planned future business in all areas, both plenary and non-plenary [JCG: Language of ‘E’ based on comments received. Removed references to “agenda” from sections below]
2.2 LegislationA. Text and status of all proposed legislation B. Links to parliamentary and government documentation that are relevant to proposed legislation [JCG: Limited links to parliamentary and government documentation] C. Text and final status of proposed legislation from previous years.
2.3 Oversight (Scrutiny)[JCG: Added section on Oversight (Scrutiny)] A. Description of oversight responsibilities and oversight bodies B. Summary of oversight activities C. Oversight documentation, such as questions (written/oral); answers, replies, and ministerial statements; reports of committees of enquiry; interpellations; and special debates D. Oversight documentation from previous years
2.4 Activities of committees, commissions, and other non-plenary bodiesA. Documentation produced by non-plenary bodies (committees, commission, other official groups) such as schedules and agenda of meetings published in advance, records of meetings and actions taken, reports and documentation (including from other parliamentary offices relevant to the work of the body), hearings, and other activities. B. Documentation of non-plenary bodies from previous years. C. Links to websites of non-plenary bodies D. Audio or video broadcast or webcast of meetings E. Audio or video archive of meetings [JCG: For discussion: items ‘C’ – ‘E’ might be considered redundant with 1.5.A and 3.2.A and B.] ?? [RC Yes - I think they'are redundant; but is it worth a cross reference? That question of course raises the question of whether quite a few cross-references would be desirable - if you have one or two, you moght need quite a few more (eg from 1.9 to 4.1B] 2.5 Plenary activities and documentationA. Documentation produced from plenary sessions, such as schedules and agenda published in advance, records of actions taken, text of statements by members, and text of debates. B. Record of plenary sessions from previous years C. Audio or video broadcast or webcast of plenary meetings D. Audio or video archive of plenary meetings [JCG: For discussion: items ‘C’ – ‘D’ might be considered redundant with section 3.2.A and B.] ?? [RC; as above on 2.4] 2.6 BudgetA. Explanation of budget process, including the role of government and the role of the parliamentary bodies that review or approve the budget [JCG: Added reference to role of the government and parliamentary bodies] B. Explanation of proposed budget C. Status of parliamentary review of the proposed budget D. Documentation from parliamentary bodies that review or approve the budget E. Documentation regarding the budget from previous years. [JCG: Added ‘D’ and ‘E] [JCG: Moved previous section 2.8 on Quality of Information to section 6] [RC: Forgive me this one - Budget is an ambiguous term in the UK context as it usually means (roughly speoaking) the annual tax setting process, and not the associated spending process which is not really integrated. If we are unique, I can happily live with this; I raise it just in case an expression such as 'public finance/budget' might be preferable]
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