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Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215045089 Total Pages :68 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (45 download)
Book Synopsis First report of session 2012-13 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
Download or read book First report of session 2012-13 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-05-16 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215054227 Total Pages :92 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (542 download)
Book Synopsis Thirty-first Report of Session 2012-13 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
Download or read book Thirty-first Report of Session 2012-13 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-02-18 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215050977 Total Pages :108 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (59 download)
Book Synopsis Twenty-first Report of Session 2012-13 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
Download or read book Twenty-first Report of Session 2012-13 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Public Administration Select Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :021508456X Total Pages :45 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis HC 111 - Lessons For Civil Service Impartiality From The Scottish Independence Referendum by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Public Administration Select Committee
Download or read book HC 111 - Lessons For Civil Service Impartiality From The Scottish Independence Referendum written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Public Administration Select Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Report has been compiled so that lessons may be drawn for future referendums. On 18 September 2014, the Scottish public voted for Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom. The roles played by civil servants in both Scotland and London in the Scottish referendum last summer were subject to criticism and controversy. The referendum campaign exposed two major issues: first, the question of how a unified Civil Service can serve both HM Government and the Scottish Government; and second, the challenges to Civil Service impartiality generated by the Scottish independence referendum. Particular concerns were raised about the Scottish Government's White Paper, Scotland's Future, which included a description of the SNP's proposed programme for government that was contingent upon their winning the 2016 Scottish Parliament elections. This did not uphold the factual standards expected of a UK Government White Paper and raised questions about the use of public money for partisan purposes. There was also concern that the publication of normally confidential advice by the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury called into question the impartiality of the Civil Service. The Committee concludes that parts of the White Paper should not have been included in a government publication. Civil servants should not be required to carry out ministers' wishes, if they are being asked to use public funds to promote the agenda of a political party, as was evident in this case.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Liaison Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :0215084624 Total Pages :65 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis HC 954 - Legacy Report by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Liaison Committee
Download or read book HC 954 - Legacy Report written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Liaison Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Public Administration Select Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :021507873X Total Pages :56 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis HC 110 - Who's Accountable? Relationships Between Government And Arm's-Length Bodies by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Public Administration Select Committee
Download or read book HC 110 - Who's Accountable? Relationships Between Government And Arm's-Length Bodies written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Public Administration Select Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The controversy around the Government's handling of flooding last winter showed that arm's-length Government is confused and opaque. Organisational forms and names are inconsistent. Most public bodies answer to Ministers but some are directly accountable to Parliament. There is no agreement on how many types of body exist. There are overlaps and blurring between categories. Accountability arrangements and reforms so far have been ad hoc. The Government has reviewed non-departmental public bodies, but it should review all forms of arm's-length Government, including executive agencies and non-ministerial departments. The Government should establish a clear taxonomy of public bodies: constitutional bodies, independent public interest bodies, departmental sponsored bodies, and executive agencies. All public bodies should sit in one of the categories, so that it is clear how each is to be governed and sponsored. This is essential in order to clarify who is accountable for what. This would promote understanding of what is expected of relationships and explain the rationale for locating functions in particular organisational forms. Up to date, plain English statements of statuses, roles and relationships are needed even if the underlying arrangements are complicated. This is far from the reality in many cases, particularly in the NHS. With a budget of £95.6 billion NHS England is now by far the largest public body in England and its accountability should not be in any doubt, but it is still evolving. There is insufficient understanding across Government about how arms-length Government should work.
Book Synopsis House of Commons - Welsh Affairs Committee: The Impact of Changes to Housing Benefit in Wales - HC 159 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Welsh Affairs Committee
Download or read book House of Commons - Welsh Affairs Committee: The Impact of Changes to Housing Benefit in Wales - HC 159 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Welsh Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The costs of housing benefit currently makes up more than a tenth of the UK Government's expenditure on welfare, with costs forecast to reach £25 billion by 2014-15. The Government's policy on under-occupation came into force in April 2013 and it is estimated that 40,000 tenants in Wales will be affected; representing 46% of working age housing benefit claimants living in the social rented sector. This is the highest proportion of any region in Great Britain. There could therefore be a shortage of one and two bedroom homes in Wales to re-house everyone who wants to downsize. If local authorities are struggling to find alternative smaller accommodation for Government should undertake a speedy review of this policy. It is also increasingly urgent for the Welsh Government to continue with its house-building programme, with a particular focus on the building of smaller sized properties: obviously this is a long-term solution that would require additional resources. If no social housing is available, tenants may need to move to the private rented sector and private rental costs would need to be monitored. The costs of moving disabled households who require adaptations are also a concern. There may be a case for exempting disabled households from the policy. The Government's proposal to pay housing benefit direct to social tenants under Universal Credit may result in some tenants being unable to manage their rent payments. The Committee recommends that the Government provide for housing benefit to be paid direct to the landlords in certain circumstances, for example after a specified period of non-payment
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215070432 Total Pages :96 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (74 download)
Book Synopsis House of Commons - European Scrutiny Committee: Forty-First Report of Session 2013-14 - HC 83xxxviii by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
Download or read book House of Commons - European Scrutiny Committee: Forty-First Report of Session 2013-14 - HC 83xxxviii written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :0215070577 Total Pages :60 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis 2013 Accountability Hearing with the General Medical Council - HC 897 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee
Download or read book 2013 Accountability Hearing with the General Medical Council - HC 897 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GMC's fitness to practise successfully produces outcomes that protect patients from sub-standard doctors but failures to communicate the reasons for decisions and poor investigative practices have undermined a small number on investigations. The GMC should review its fitness to practice procedures to prevent such mistake. The Committee also found that while it is still too early to judge whether revalidation has been effective there is a worrying approach to the oversight of revalidation. Each designated body has a responsible officer for revalidating their medical staff, but the degree to which the responsible officer will be held to account is unclear. It is imperative that the GMC clarifies the personal responsibility and accountability of responsible officers. There is also concern over the number of responsible officers available to oversee the revalidation of doctors working in primary care. GPs are revalidated not by their own employers but by one of the 27 NHS England local area teams that oversees Clinical Commissioning Groups in England. Just 27 responsible officers will be tasked with overseeing revalidation for approximately 45,0000 GPs in England. The Government's intention had been to give the GMC the power to allow it to appeal decisions made by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) in 2014 by using a mechanism in secondary legislation called a section 60 order. The Government now plans to introduce the reform in primary legislation as part of a proposed Law Commission Bill thus meeting with even further delay
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215062345 Total Pages :188 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (623 download)
Book Synopsis House of Commons - Health Committee: After Francis: Making A Difference - HC 657 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee
Download or read book House of Commons - Health Committee: After Francis: Making A Difference - HC 657 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-09-18 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NHS needs to be an organization in which an open dialogue about care quality is part of the natural culture of the organization, not a duty which only arises in cases of service failure. Robert Francis made 290 recommendations in his report, but in truth they boil down to just one - that the culture of 'doing the system's business' is pervasive in parts of the NHS and has to change. Many who raise their concerns in the NHS at present risk serious consequences for their employment and professional status. But disciplinary procedures, professional conduct hearings and employment tribunals are not the proper place for honestly-held concerns about patient safety and care quality to be aired constructively. The NHS standard contract imposes a duty of candour on all NHS providers. This is an essential principle, but it is not adequately understood or applied. It should mean that all providers create a culture which is routinely open both with their patients and their commissioners. The same principle should apply to commissioners so that they are routinely open and accountable to local communities. The Health Committee recommended this approach in 2011 and repeats that now. It should be a prime role of the CQC to encourage the development of this culture within care providers, and of NHS England to develop the same culture within commissioners. The Health Committee will in future work closely with the Professional Standards Authority to develop the accountability process for professional regulators in healthcare
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :0215084071 Total Pages :37 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis HC 713 - Smaller Airports by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee
Download or read book HC 713 - Smaller Airports written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smaller airports are economic and social enablers. They facilitate vital national and international connections for people and businesses in the UK. The Committee found that Air Passenger Duty (APD) is the principal threat to the smaller airports sector. APD cannot be amended to support people, businesses and regional economies because of the operation of European competition law, while proposals to devolve it to the regions would serve only to spread a patchwork of market distortions across the UK. It was disappointing that the concerns the Committee raised about APD in their First Report of Session 2013-14 on Aviation strategy were ignored by the Treasury. The Committee urges Transport Ministers to pursue those recommendations and the important concerns raised by smaller airports with the Treasury. The Airports Commission will publish its final report on expanding hub airport capacity in the south-east shortly after the general election. The whole country will only be able to share the economic benefits if airlines secure slots to provide services to UK airports outside London. The DfT needs to assess how new slots might be allocated and whether slots could be ring-fenced for domestic services
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215069795 Total Pages :64 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (697 download)
Book Synopsis House of Commons - Health Committee: 2013 Accountability Hearing with Monitor - HC 841 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee
Download or read book House of Commons - Health Committee: 2013 Accountability Hearing with Monitor - HC 841 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This year's inquiry into the work of Monitor concludes that the model of care provided by the health and care system is not changing quickly enough with the result that pressures continue to build, threatening the financial stability of individual providers, and therefore the quality of care provided The pressures are likely to be particularly marked in the acute sector as plans are prepared and implemented to achieve the resource transfer required by the introduction of the Better Care Fund from April 2015. Continuing this theme, the Committee argues that as the NHS financial situation tightens, the challenge for Monitor in supporting trusts in financial difficulty is likely to increase. The MPs emphasise the importance of addressing pressures within individual providers in the context of the local health economy. The requirement for major change in the care model can only be delivered if individual providers, and Monitor as their regulator, look beyond preserving existing structures and address the need to develop different structures to meet changing needs. The Committee also expresses concern that Monitor has not done enough to reform the system of tariff payments for providers, arguing that the current tariff arrangements often create perverse incentives for providers and inhibit necessary service change. It recommends that Monitor and NHS England should initiate a formal joint process for a prioritised review of the NHS tariff arrangements with the objective of identifying and eliminating perverse incentives and introducing new tariff structures which incentivise necessary service change
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :0215070623 Total Pages :242 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis Communicating Climate Science - HC 254 by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology
Download or read book Communicating Climate Science - HC 254 written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Government is failing to clearly and effectively communicate climate science to the public. There is little evidence of co-ordination amongst Government, government agencies and public bodies on communicating climate science, despite various policies at national and regional level to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The mandate to act on climate can only be maintained if the electorate are convinced that the Government is acting on the basis of strong scientific evidence. Ministers therefore need to do more to demonstrate that is the case and consistently reflect the Government approach in all their communications, especially with the media. The report also criticises the BBC for its reporting on the issue. It points out that BBC News teams continue to make mistakes in their coverage of climate science by giving opinions and scientific fact the same weight. The BBC is called to develop clear editorial guidelines for all commentators and presenters on the facts of climate that should be used to challenge statements, from either side of the climate policy debate, that stray too far from the scientific facts. It is important that climate science is presented separately from any subsequent policy response. Government should work with the learned societies and national academies to develop a source of information on climate science that is discrete from policy delivery, comprehensible to the general public and responsive to both current developments and uncertainties in the science
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Publisher :Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215057440 Total Pages :128 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (574 download)
Book Synopsis Aviation strategy by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Download or read book Aviation strategy written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this report the Transport Committee reject calls for a new hub airport east of London and urges the expansion of Heathrow where a third runway is long overdue. Building an entirely new hub airport east of London could not be done without huge public investment in new ground transport infrastructure, and there could be a substantial impact on wildlife habitat in the Thames estuary. The viability of an estuary hub airport would also require the closure of Heathrow - a course of action that would have unacceptable consequences. Adding new runways to expand a number of other existing airports will not, on its own, provide a long-term solution to the hub capacity problem. The report also rejects the notion of linking existing airports by high-speed rail to form a split-hub; the outcome from this would be highly uncompetitive in terms of passenger transfer times compared to competitor hubs overseas. Other recommendations cover: compensation for people affected by noise from expansion at Heathrow; a national strategy to improve road and rail access to major UK airports; ensure that the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail network serves Heathrow and develop dedicated rail services to serve Gatwick and Stansted; study how far Air Passenger Duty impacts on the UK economy; carry out an objective analysis of the impacts of introducing differential rates of Air Passenger Duty; promotion of airports in regions outside the south east and introduce an APD tax holiday for a 12-month trial period for new services from them.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :0215083849 Total Pages :53 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis HC 734 - Current and Future Uses of Biometric Data and Technologies by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology
Download or read book HC 734 - Current and Future Uses of Biometric Data and Technologies written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its broadest sense, biometrics is the measurement and analysis of a biological characteristic (fingerprints, iris patterns, retinas, face or hand geometry) or a behavioural characteristic (voice, gait or signature). Biometric technologies use these characteristics to identify individuals automatically. Unlike identity documents or passwords, biometrics cannot be lost or forgotten since they are a part of the user and are always present at the time of identification. They are also difficult, though not impossible, to forge or share. Three future trends in the application of biometrics were identified during the inquiry: (i) the growth of unsupervised biometric systems, accessed via mobile devices, which verify identity; (ii) the proliferation of "second-generation" biometric technologies that can authenticate individuals covertly; (iii) and the linking of biometric data with other types of 'big data' as part of efforts to profile individuals. Each of these trends introduces risks and benefits to individuals, to the state and to society as a whole. They also raise important ethical and legal questions relating to privacy and autonomy. The Committee are not convinced that the Government has addressed these questions, nor are they satisfied that it has looked ahead and considered how the risks and benefits of biometrics will be managed and communicated to the public.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select Committee Publisher :Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215058737 Total Pages :132 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (587 download)
Book Synopsis Public engagement in policy making by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select Committee
Download or read book Public engagement in policy making written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select Committee and published by Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-06-03 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this report the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) calls for a "wiki" approach to policy-making, where public opinion, ideas and contributions are sought and welcome at any and all stages of the policy cycle. The Government should be able to demonstrate that it has adopted this approach alongside ministerial leadership and responsibility for policy and its outcomes. All policy making carries risks: a lack of appetite for participation, disappointment arising from unrealistic expectations and the dominance of vested interests. Government must frankly assess and address these risks in relation to open policy making. Digital technology has a significant role to play in opening up policy-making. Government could and should go further and embrace radical and innovative approaches, making use of existing platforms and technologies, such as Twitter. The success and impact of public engagement in policy-making must be effectively measured. Government must able to demonstrate value for money and improved outcomes with this new approach, particularly in a time of austerity. The Committee says proposals for both "open" and "contestable" policy-making demonstrate that Government recognises the value of public opinion in helping to identify problems and develop solutions. However, for open policy-making to work, it must be a genuine departure from more traditional forms of policy-making, where public engagement has usually only occurred after the Government has already determined a course of action. Care must be taken to ensure that open policy-making processes are not dominated by vested interests or 'the usual suspects' who are aware of policy 'opportunities'.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :0215078535 Total Pages :64 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis HC 244 - National Health Screening by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology
Download or read book HC 244 - National Health Screening written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The risks and benefits of participating in screening programmes, for conditions and diseases like cancer, are not consistently communicated by either the NHS or private health care providers, the Science and Technology Committee has warned in a new report. It is calling on the Government to ensure that a standardised process to produce screening information is introduced and that better communications training is provided to health care professionals. A recently revised breast cancer screening leaflet for the 50-70 age group - with its more explicit focus on helping women make an 'informed choice' about whether screening is right for them - marks a step in the right direction. However, the inquiry found that the principles followed to revise this leaflet have not been applied to the communications developed by other NHS screening programmes. The Committee recommends that steps are immediately taken by the Government's advisor on screening, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), to devise and implement a standard process for producing information that facilitates informed choice. It also recommends a clarification of what 'informed choice' means for potential screening participants so that different screening programmes can be more effectively evaluated on their delivery of it. MPs are also calling on the Office for National Statistics to validate the statistics presented in NHS screening information to resolve disagreement and confusion over their accuracy.
