Balances Quote by Sushil Koirala

What is Parliament for if it is not to be a means to make ministers accountable for the services for which they are responsible.

— Michael Howard

There should be some other provisions in the Constitution whereby if the Government is not functioning well, it can be dealt with. In a…

— Nawaz Sharif

Parliament of the country is the repository of the sovereign will of the people, and its successful functioning is a joint responsibility of both…

— Pratibha Patil

The function of parliament is to hold the executive to account. We should never overlook the primacy of parliament.

— Betty Boothroyd

As members of the executive, we are accountable to Parliament.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

The parliament is the supreme decision-making and legislative body in any democracy. It reflects the collective desires of the citizens and makes laws.

— Ziauddin Sardar

Governments are supposed to operate under a system of collective responsibility. It means that in public, all Ministers support the agreed policies of the…

— Damian Green

MPs must be able to represent the best interests of their constituents and their country by holding the government to account.

— Heidi Allen

My view is the questions in Parliament should be the questions that people out there want asked.

— Jeremy Corbyn

In a parliamentary democracy, it is the job of parliament to decide the law, not the government.

— Angela Rayner

If we want a Parliament that understands people's lives when it takes decisions, it needs to be representative of society, which includes having MPs…

— Jo Swinson

Parliament must do a better job at holding the Government to account than it managed in the Article 50 debates.

— Clive Lewis