Abstract
The scope and limits of parliamentary control and oversight of environmental issues in Bangladesh are explored in this research. It focuses on individual & collective techniques of parliamentary control and identify constrains that limit their potential in ensuring parliamentary accountability to achieve environmental sustainability. The role of parliament and parliamentary committee on ministry of environment and forest to protect our environment has largely been analyzed on the basis of collective and individual activities of the members of parliament from seventh Bangladesh parliament. The findings have shown that parliamentary committee on ministry of environment and forest of the 7th parliament had given more importance to the routine matters of the ministry & its department's activities (e.g., irregularities and corruption) than that of 8th parliament. In 8th parliament, this committee had dealt with more on environmental issues. Committees' discussions were general in nature on environmental issues and often switched to other issues without completion of the discussion. This committee also has worked in an environment with limited resources, without expertise which was antagonistic to its natural growth. Although the relationship between this committee & concerned ministry (environment & forest) had more harmonious during 8th Bangladesh parliament than of 7th, still standing committee on ministry of environment and forest needs to do more to protect the country's environment.
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