The word effectiveness means that a product has the capability of producing the desired result. Effectiveness of Parliament is based around representation, scrutiny, its accountability, legislation and its quality and protection of rights. If they were able to do these to a high standard then they would be classed as being effective.
The effectiveness of representation would be that Parliament and the parties within represent their constituents and sections of society and voice their opinions and queries often. The effectiveness of scrutiny in parliament involves the studying of a proposed legislation in detail to ensure that it is in the nations interest and that it is in accordance with the powers that has been granted to the government by Parliament. The effectiveness of accountability in parliament is to ensure that the government is accountable for everything that they decide to do and that parliament ensures that this happens on a day-to-day basis. The effectiveness Tension Release or Redressing grievances is important as without this there could be a great danger of mass conflict breaking out which could damage the economy and a reputation of the standing government.
Some people would say that to be effective, Parliament has to be held representative to everybody in the UK as we voted them in because we felt that they would succeed and make the right decisions on behalf of the UK citizens and their manifesto. A representative government is a government that the elected representatives such an individual MPs, parties and Parliament as a whole, exercise political power regularly.
However, the electoral system that we use in the UK is highly unrepresentative as it favours the larger parties. As the House of Commons isn’t an elected chamber, it also adds to the unrepresentative parliament. The lack of representation in parliament also extends to both the House of Lords and the House of Commons being socially