That a House of Commons may work well it must perform, as we saw, five functions well: it must elect a Ministry well, legislate well, teach the nation well, express the nation's will well, bring matters to the nation's attention well.
Bagehot outlines five essential functions that a House of Commons must perform to operate effectively.
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