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Author: Lucinda Maer
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Published: 2011
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK... Government plans to increase scrutiny of public bodies ... which will involve strengthening the powers of Select Committees to scrutinise major public appointments.
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Parliament and Constitutions Centre
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Published: 2011
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Library
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 53
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Liaison Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Published: 2011-09-05
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780215561244
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report considers the experience of some three years of holding 'pre-appointment' hearings by select committees to examine the 'preferred candidate' for certain public appointments before that appointment is confirmed. Whilst the committee considers the experiment a success they do recommend a number of changes. They propose a three tier list: Posts in the first tier are those considered to be of sufficient constitutional significance as to require a process which is effectively a joint appointment by Government and the House of Commons. Posts in the second tier are those which the committee proposes should be subject to an enhanced an improved version of the current process, and which should be subject to an 'effective veto' by the House of Commons or its committees. For posts in the third tier, pre-appointment hearings should be at the discretion of committees.
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Published: 2008-01-16
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780215038043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Report welcomes and responds to the Government's proposal to involve select committees in public appointments by inviting committees to hold non-binding pre-appointment hearings with nominees for key positions. The Report clarifies the purpose of these hearings: to expose nominees to parliamentary and public scrutiny before the final ministerial decision on the appointment, to increase the likelihood that those appointed will be effective in their accountability to Parliament and the public. The Report also establishes criteria to determine which posts should be subject to these hearings, and identifies major auditors, ombudsmen, regulators and inspectors, as well as those responsible for the appointments system itself; along with appointments normally made on merit but where Ministers have chosen not to follow the usual processes. Finally, the Report responds to concerns about involving select committees in public appointments, including several raised by the Commissioner for Public Appointments, and proposes ways of managing the risks identified, largely through a framework of clear protocols to be agreed between the Government and the Liaison Committee, and also by monitoring and reviewing the effect of the hearings on public appointments over time.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2014-09-15
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9264183639
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere is growing recognition of the need for new approaches to the ways in which donors support accountability, but no broad agreement on what changed practice looks like. This publication aims to provide more clarity on the emerging practice.
Author: Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Public Administration Select Committee
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 79
ISBN-13: 9780215011664
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report is the first major Parliamentary examination of the new appointments procedures for public bodies. The Committee finds the Government is genuinely committed to opening up the appointments system to a wider range of people, especially to increasing the proportions of women, ethnic minorities and people with disabilities on the boards of public bodies. Real progress has been made since 1997, but much more needs to be done. Recommendations to raise public confidence in the system and expand participation include: that Parliamentary Select Committees should have a role in appointments in key public posts; the establishment of a Public Appointments Commission to promote transparency and eradicate any element of patronage; the need for a Single Equality Bill to provide a statutory framework for equality and diversity, as well as to satisfy international and EU commitments to promote equal treatment rights for all; a high-profile national strategy to increase diversity and lay representation on public bodies, including appropriate remuneration, more flexible hours and mentoring schemes to tackle socio-economic barriers; and experimental schemes for appointments by a form of lot, using the National Lottery Community Fund's regional committees as a model, and the use of elections in some circumstances, especially at local level.
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780215520708
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report considers the case for Parliament to be able to initiate and conduct inquiries into serious and significant matters of public concern. It takes up the recommendationmade by this committiee's predecessor Committee (in the Government by Inquiry Report) that there should be a parliamentary mechanism for initiating inquiries. These would take the form of Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry, composed of parliamentarians and others. In the Report, the committee examines the justification for creating Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry in particular, that they would enable Parliament to hold the Executive to account more effectively. Then it covers some of the practical issues involved in setting up inquiries of this nature: how Parliament could instigate an inquiry, its composition, and its operation and powers. The committee concludes that it is crucial, in constitutional sense, that Parliament has the necessary powers and abilities to scrutinise the Executive and hold it to account. Proper parliamentary scrutiny should include the ability to establish and undertake inquiries into significant matters of public concern. Parliament has, in the past, conducted investigationsof this kind and as the great forum of the nation, should be expected to do so. The committee's recommendation for Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry would promoteeffective parliamentary accountability by creating a process for Parliament to initiate inquirieswhere it rather than the Executive sees fit.
Author: Marc van der Hulst
Publisher: Inter-Parliamentary Union
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9291420565
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUndersøgelse af parlamentsmandatet baseret på svar på IPU-spørgeskema fra 134 parlamenter. Svarene er sammenlignet systematisk med de respektive forfatninger, lovgivning og parlamentsforretningsordener.
