Critical Opposition - Part of the Policy
In his fourth Reith Lecture, Sir Douglas Wass asks if Parliament is able to supervise and control executive power in the way it once did.
Former Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury, Sir Douglas Wass explores the concept of authority in his series 'Government and the Governed'.
In his fourth Reith Lecture entitled 'Critical Opposition - Part of the Policy', Sir Douglas Wass asks how effective Parliament is at exercising today the functions of supervision and control which the 17th-century reformers allotted to it.
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- Wed 30 Nov 1983 09:00BBC Radio 4
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