Relevance : GS Paper II
Disruption
- Lawmakers often take to organised disruption of legislative business
- Some bills have taken long time to be enacted or were not enacted.
- Many sessions of Parliament saw little business being done due to disruption.
Parliamentary Committees
- Useful in expert discussion over laws.
- Facilitated enhanced cross-party coordination over issues.
- Their importance have been undermined over the last few years.
- In 16th Lok Sabha, only a fourth of all bills referred to committees.
Parliamentary Debates
Time spent on debates in the current session was barely a third of the overall business.
Way forward
- Code of conduct for legislators.
- Proper utilization of Parliamentary Committes
- More time allocation on debates
Conclusion
Deliberation is an important component of parliamentary democracy apart from legislation.
