There are wide differences in the practice of legislative oversight in Westminster and Francophone (Napoleonic) parliaments but, until now, no attempt has been made to compare and contrast them nor, more importantly, consider if any lessons learned and examples of good practice can be usefully exchanged.

This note and accompanying power point presentation gives an overview of a current research project undertaken by the World Bank together with McGill University in Montreal and Laval University in Quebec and presents some preliminary conclusions.