The Constitution After Scott
Government Unwrapped

This book offers analysis of what the Scott Report means for the future of constitutional government and for constitutional reform in Britain. Issues of lying to Parliament and ministerial responsibility; of the control of the civil service; and of freedom of information are all reappraised in the light of the malaise which Scott uncovered.

Unusually for a political scandal, Scott was not an exclusively national affair affecting only one country. There was a little-known equivalent to the Scott inquiry in the USA, and the lessons of the US experience are also discussed here - for the first time in Britain.

Introduction: The Constitutional Importance of Scott
PART I: GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT
1. Ministers and Parliament
2. The Civil Service
3. Freedom of Information
PART II: GOVERNMENT AND SECRET INTELLIGENCE
4. Governing without Intelligence
PART III: GOVERNMENT AND COURTS
5. Public Interest Immunity
PART IV: THE AMERICAN CONNECTION
6. Iraqgate: The American Equivalent of Scott
7. Implications of the Iraqgate Story
Conclusion: Reforming the Parliamentary Constitution