Debating Departmental Objectives and Annual Reports

Debating Departmental Objectives and Annual Reports
Title Debating Departmental Objectives and Annual Reports PDF eBook
Author Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons
Publisher The Stationery Office
Total Pages 44
Release 2008
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9780215515001

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Debating departmental objectives and annual Reports : Second report of session 2007-08, report, together with formal minutes and written Evidence

Parliament and Government Finance

Parliament and Government Finance
Title Parliament and Government Finance PDF eBook
Author Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Liaison Committee
Publisher The Stationery Office
Total Pages 48
Release 2008
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 9780215514608

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Parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's finances needs to be improved. The purpose of scrutiny is to make the government's financial decisions transparent, to give those outside Parliament opportunity to comment, to have the opportunity to influence the Government's financial decisions and to hold the Government, departments and other public bodies to account. The complexity of the Government's financial system is a major problem. There are: departmental budgets determined in spending reviews; estimates; and resource accounts. Complicated reconciliations are needed to relate one to another. The Treasury has started an Alignment Project which should improve consistency and continuity between these three types of document. Parliament is not receiving the information required for effective scrutiny. Financial reporting to Parliament should: include the information that departmental managers use to monitor performance, rather than just financial control and audit information; enable an overall view of planned expenditure; highlight the information which is significant; relate the information to objectives and to what is achieved by spending the money; identify key risks; use graphs; be provided in good time; use plain English; and enable as assessment of the quality of financial management. The Committee makes specific proposals based on these principles. Select committees and the House should, together, engage with financial issues before the Government makes decisions. The House should take back the right to debate and vote on individual government programmes or items of expenditure, and more than three days a year (the current allotment) should be made available for this purpose.

Parliamentary Debates

Parliamentary Debates
Title Parliamentary Debates PDF eBook
Author New Zealand. Parliament
Publisher
Total Pages 1106
Release 1975
Genre New Zealand
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English Public Law

English Public Law
Title English Public Law PDF eBook
Author David Feldman
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages 1439
Release 2009
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 0199227934

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First published in 2004, English Public Law has become the key point of reference on English public law for lawyers in the UK and throughout the world. Now in its second edition, the book acts as an accessible first point of reference for practitioners approaching a public law issue for the first time, while simultaneously providing a lucid, concise and authoritative overview of all the key areas of public law (constitutional, administrative, human rights, and criminal law) within one single portable volume. The second edition has been completely updated to take account of all key legislative and procedural changes since 2004, including: BLThe Constitutional Reform Act 2005 BLrecent higher courts decisions concerning public law and human rights BLthe Criminal Procedure Rules 2005 Written and edited by a team of acknowledged experts on English law, the book offers proven reliability and as part of the Oxford Principles of English Law Series, is the companion volume to the second edition of English Private Law edited by Professor Andrew Burrows FBA. The book is an ideal quick reference for practitioners to fall back on when a client raises a point outside their normal area of expertise as well as for academics, overseas libraries, and practitioners overseas who want a one stop resource on English public law. A supplement published between editions, will ensure that the book is kept up to date.

Regional Accountability

Regional Accountability
Title Regional Accountability PDF eBook
Author Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons
Publisher The Stationery Office
Total Pages 168
Release 2008
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9780215521675

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This report from the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons (HCP 282, session 2007-08, ISBN 9780215521675), focuses on regional accountability. The Governance of Britain Green Paper (Cm. 7170, ISBN 9780101717021) put forward proposals for improved democractic accountability and scrutiny of the delivery of public services in the English regions. The Committee, in this report, has concluded that there is clear evidence of an accountability gap at regional level. Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), although accountable to ministers, still conduct many activities that are not subject to a regular, robust scrutiny, and the Committee believes more should be done to monitor the delivery of services. With this in mind, the Committee recommends the establishment of a system of regional select committees, with one select committee for each of the administrative regions in England, with the exception of London. Further, the Committee recommends that up to two regional grand committee meeting should take place in each session for each of the 8 regions. To avoid an adverse impact on House Members' other commitments, membership of regional committees should consist of 10 Members in total. This report therefore sets out a desirability of establishing new structures within the House of Commons to improve regional accountability and Parliamentary scrutiny.

The Future of Parliament

The Future of Parliament
Title The Future of Parliament PDF eBook
Author P. Giddings
Publisher Springer
Total Pages 287
Release 2005-08-31
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0230523145

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How has Parliament changed since 1964 and how must it further evolve to meet the challenges of a new century in the light of devolution, a growing European Union and a post-modern culture? This collection of authoritative and lively essays to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Study of Parliament Group covers topics such as scrutinising the Government, making laws, guarding the citizenry, the new media and adapting to the world beyond Westminster.

Scrutiny of the draft legislative programme

Scrutiny of the draft legislative programme
Title Scrutiny of the draft legislative programme PDF eBook
Author Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons
Publisher The Stationery Office
Total Pages 64
Release 2008-01-23
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9780215038234

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This report, from the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons, presents the first inquiry into the Governance of Britain, all issued as Command Papers and published in 2007: (Cm. 7170, ISBN 9780101717021; Cm. 7175, ISBN 9780101717526; Cm. 7192, ISBN 9780101719223; Cm. 7210, ISBN 9780101721028; Cm. 7231, ISBN 9780101723121; Cm. 7235, ISBN 9780101723527; Cm. 7239, ISBN 9780101723923). It considers Parliament's role in scrutinising the proposed legislative programme, including arrangements for publication and debate as well as wider consultative strategies. The Committee has set out a number of conclusions and recommendations, including: the Committee believes that the use of plain English in the Draft Legislative Programme is to be commended, and the Government should consider extending the approach to programmed Bills on a trial basis; that the Government's main non-legislative plans should be included in the Draft Legislative Programme, alongside the list of proposed bills, in order that a full programme of government is available for scrutiny; that there is a benefit to be derived from the presentation of the Government's legislative programme as a whole and that the Draft Legislative Programme should be published earlier in the year, preferably before Easter, so that select committee scrutiny and public consultation can be carried out more effectively; that the Draft Legislative Programme should be the subject of a separate debate in Parliament.