Approval for ministers
Have to say that I agree with the view that is been attributed to Ming Campbell by the IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research) that all government ministers should have to go through confirmation hearings by parliamentary select committee’s in a similar way to the confirmation hearing process run by the American Senate and House of Representative.
Now whilst this may mean that the whole process of changing a ministerial team may take longer, it would hopefully lead to a better or at least more scrutinized process of appointing minister, and whilst in most cases the party in power would have a suitable majority to ensure there nominations are approved, if there are any doubts at least there would be an open way for those to aired.
