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In his introduction to The Classical Economists and Economic Policy (1971) 
A.W. Coats wrote that "No systematic effort has yet been made to study the 
role of economic ideas in Parliament during [...] the nineteenth century".  
 
(A.W. Coats (ed.), The Classical Economists and Economic Policy. Debates in 
Economic History, London (Methuen & Co) 1971, p. 20) 
 
Does anybody know of the existence of such "systematic" effort since 1971 
in the UK or Western Europe? Or has this proved to difficult a question to 
tackle? 
 
Maarten Van Dijck 
KULeuven  
Belgium 
 
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