Priscilla Baines was the Librarian of the House of Commons from 2000 to 2004. She has contributed to various publications of the Study of Parliament Group including The New Select Committees: a study of the 1979 reforms (1985 and 2nd edition 1988); Parliamentary Accountability: a study of Parliament and Executive Agencies (1995); Westminster and Europe: the impact of the European Union on the Westminster Parliament (1995); and Britain in the European Union: Law, Policy and Parliament (2004).

• Acknowledgments Note on SourcesChapter 1. Colonel Wedgwood and the History of ParliamentChapter 2. The QuestionnaireChapter 3. 'Getting Inside Their Minds': Formative Influences and Personal BackgroundsChapter 4. Political and Parliamentary CareersChapter 5. Personal and Political FinancesChapter 6. Speeches, Speech-Making and Voting Behaviour Chapter 7. The BiographiesAppendices1. Respondents to Wedgwood's Questionnair2. The Questionnaire3. Wedgwood’s Own Completed Questionnaire4. Sir Henry Bowles' Questionnaire, Biography and Correspondence5. The BiographiesIndex