Index

• Author: Steven Chaplin
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Index

Accountability

addressing citizen grievances

through, 

carried out by Parliament, not pub-

lic, –, , , , –

constituent input as form of, 

led in House by Oppos ition leader,

. See also Question Period

parliamentary activities providing,

, , , 

primary function of House of

Commons, 

provided for Parliament through

internal management, ocers,

, , 

responses to written questions and

answers, , , –

tested through conf‌idence vote in

government, 

Auditor General, –, 

Bill of Rights,  (UK), , , 

Bills. See also Legislation, federal

amendments to, , 

constitutional implication of, 

formal proposal for legislation, 

introduced by private members,

, 

introduced in House of Commons,

, , , 

process for legislating, passage,

royal assent, , , , , ,

–, 

Board of Internal Economy, role and

operation of, , , , –

British North America Act, 

Budgets. See also Conf‌idence, in the

government

debate and vote on, , –

government presentation and

defence of, , , 

legislative authority to implement, 

Parliament approval of, , 

reviews of by parliamentary ocers,

, 

Cabinet (Ministers)

accountable to House of Commons,

–

assigned by prime minister, . See

also Prime minister

control of government’s operations, 

involvement in Board of Internal

Economy, 

management of government depart-

ments, 