{"id":2777,"date":"2017-12-21T11:24:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T11:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canterburypolitics.wordpress.com\/?p=2777"},"modified":"2018-09-07T09:41:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T08:41:24","slug":"new-house-of-commons-briefing-by-cccu-academic-dr-mark-bennister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/2017\/12\/21\/new-house-of-commons-briefing-by-cccu-academic-dr-mark-bennister\/","title":{"rendered":"New House of Commons Briefing by CCCU academic Dr Mark Bennister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Yesterday, British Prime Minister Theresa May made her second appearance before the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/committees\/committees-a-z\/commons-select\/liaison-committee\/\">Liaison Committee<\/a>, a year after her only other appearance.\u00a0These sessions with the Prime Minister have occurred since 2002 and have now become an established part of the scrutiny mechanisms available to Parliament.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Dr Mark Bennister, Reader in Politics at Canterbury Christ Church University and one of only 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/get-involved\/education-programmes\/universities-programme\/become-an-academic-fellow-at-the-house-of-commons\/house-of-commons-academic-fellowship-scheme\/\">Parliamentary Fellows in the House of Commons<\/a>, has now produced\u00a0a briefing with the House of Commons Library that sets out the background to the evidence sessions. 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