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Malcolm Wicks |
We are delighted that Malcolm Wicks has written a piece for
PQ, due to be published in issue 83 3. In it he highlights the role of the minister along with the ups and the downs of parliamentary life. You can read Malcolm's insightful and fascinating article
here.
He starts: "Having been a minister in three different departments for a period of
over nine years (1999–2008), during the Blair and, briefly, the Brown
governments, I thought it might be useful to reflect on what ministers
actually do, their functions and how they spend their days. In thinking
about what I did as a minister, I have avoided going back to some of the
classic constitutional texts on what ministers supposedly do, how they
are accountable and such like. I am sure there is good literature on
this from political scientists and constitutionalists, but I have
avoided influencing my own views and approach by consulting these texts."