Ineffective

• Private Member Bills often fail due to insufficient time
• Vote of no confidence only held in exceptional circumstances
• Backbenchers expected to obey party whips.
• Expected to represent party and oppose certain cases being raised in HOC.
• Govt ignore advice of select committee.
• Govt dominates parliamentary agenda, doesn't have to support/act on proposals.
• If govt has majority, inbuilt majority backbench support, allow govt survive backbench rebellion.
• Public Bill Committees whipped, amendments govt dislikes fail.