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House of Commons

Select Committee on Public Administration

Formal Minutes

Session 2008–09

Proceedings of the Committee

TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER

Members present:

Dr Tony Wright, in the Chair

Paul Flynn David Heyes Kelvin Hopkins Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger

Julie Morgan Mr Gordon Prentice Mr Charles Walker

1. Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall Draft Report [Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read. The Draft Report was agreed to: the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the First Report from the Committee, HC 86. 2. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall, Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service and Executive Pay in the Public Sector.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 December at 1.45 p.m.

TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER

Members present:


Mr David Burrowes Paul Flynn David Heyes

Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger Julie Morgan Mr Gordon Prentice

Kelvin Hopkins

Mr Charles Walker

1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Equitable Life Ian Pearson MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, gave oral evidence. Ann Abraham, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, was in attendance and gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Thursday 11 December at 9.45 a.m.

THURSDAY 11 DECEMBER

Members present:


Mr David Burrowes Paul Flynn David Heyes Kelvin Hopkins

Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger Julie Morgan Mr Gordon Prentice Mr Charles Walker

1. Justice delayed: The Ombudsman’s report on Equitable Life Draft Report [Justice delayed: The Ombudsman’s report on Equitable Life], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read. The Draft Report was agreed to: the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Second Report from the Committee, HC 41. 2. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 3. Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Leaks and Whistleblowing be

reported to the House for publication on the internet: LWB 04 – Cabinet Office 4. Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall/Work of the Cabinet Office Sir Gus O’Donnell KCB, Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 16 December at 1.45 p.m.

TUESDAY 16 DECEMBER

Members present:

Paul Flynn David Heyes Kelvin Hopkins

Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger Mr Gordon Prentice Mr Charles Walker

1. Appointment of Temporary Chairman In the absence of the Chairman, and notwithstanding the order of 12 March 2008, Paul Flynn was called to the Chair. 2. Ethics and Standards: Further Report Draft Report [Ethics and Standards: Further Report], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read. The Draft Report was agreed to: the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Third Report from the Committee, HC 43. 3. Work of the Committee in 2007-08 Draft Report [Work of the Committee in 2007-08], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read. The Draft Report was agreed to: the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fourth Report from the Committee, HC 42.

4. Good Government Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Good Government be reported to the House for publication on the internet: GG 14 – Committee on Standards in Public Life GG 15 – Better Government Initiative (supplemental) Professor Colin Talbot, Manchester Business School, Natalie Ceeney, National Archives, Professor Christopher Hood, All Souls College Oxford, and Dr Tony Travers, London School of Economics and Political Science, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Thursday 15 January at 9.45 a.m.

THURSDAY 15 JANUARY

Members present:


Paul Flynn Kelvin Hopkins Julie Morgan

Mr Gordon Prentice Paul Rowen Mr Charles Walker

1. Response to White Paper: “An Elected Second Chamber” Draft Report [Response to White Paper: “An Elected Second Chamber”], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read. The Draft Report was agreed to: the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fifth Report from the Committee, HC 137. 2. Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall The Committee considered this matter. 3. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 4. Good Government

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Good Government be reported to the House for publication on the internet: GG 16 – Institute for Government Sir Michael Bichard KCB, Lord Birt, and Lord Jones of Birmingham, gave oral evidence.


THURSDAY 22 JANUARY

Members present:



Julie Morgan Mr Gordon Prentice Paul Rowen Mr Charles Walker

1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Official Statistics: Publication of statistics relating to knife crime Ordered, That the letter dated 16 January 2009 from Sir Gus O’Donnell KCB, Cabinet Secretary to the Chairman of the Committee be reported to the House. 3. Committee Visit to the Netherlands Resolved, That the Committee visit the Netherlands in connection to its forthcoming inquiries into Public Renumeration and External Appointments to the Civil Service, and that the Chairman seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the visit. 3. Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall Guy Dehn, Public Concern at Work, Maurice Frankel, Campaign for Freedom of Information, David Hencke, Professor Peter Hennessy, and Sir David Omand GCB,

gave oral evidence.


THURSDAY 29 JANUARY

Members present:


David Heyes Kelvin Hopkins Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger


1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Equitable Life Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Equitable Life be reported to the House for publication on the internet: EQP 01 – Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman EQP 02 – Equitable Members’ Action Group EQP 03 – Equitable Life Trapped Annuitants 3. Equitable Life Ann Abraham, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, and Iain Ogilvie, Investigation Manager, Office of the PHSO; Charles Thomson, Chief Executive, and Simon Skinner, Director Corporate Services, Equitable Life Assurance Society; and Paul Braithwaite, John Newman, and Colin Slater, Equitable Members’ Action Group, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Thursday 5 February at 9.45 a.m.

THURSDAY 5 FEBRUARY

Members present:




1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Official Statistics: Publication of statistics relating to knife crime

Sir Michael Scholar KCB, Chairman, UK Statistics Authority, and Karen Dunnell, National Statistician and Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics; and Kevin Brennan MP, Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 10 February at 1.45 p.m.

TUESDAY 10 FEBRUARY

Members present:




1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Good Government Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Good Government be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

GG 17 – Professor Christopher Hood GG 18 – Rt Hon Frank Dobson MP 3. Equitable Life Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Equitable Life be reported to the House for publication on the internet: EQP 04 – Equitable Life Assurance Society EQP 05 – Equitable Life Trapped Annuitants (supplemental) 4. Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall be reported to the House for publication on the internet: LWB 02 – Sir David Omand GCB LWB 05 – Sir Gus O’Donnell KCB 5. Committee on Standards in Public Life/Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall Sir Christopher Kelly KCB, Chairman, and Dr Brian Woods-Scawen, member, Committee on Standards in Public Life, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Wednesday 11 February at 10.45 a.m.

WEDNESDAY 11 FEBRUARY

Members present:



Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger Julie Morgan Paul Rowen Mr Charles Walker

1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter.

2. Equitable Life Ian Pearson, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, and Stephen Parker, Head of Legal Advisers, HM Treasury, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Thursday 26 February at 9.45 a.m.

THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY

Members present:


Mr David Burrowes Paul Flynn Kelvin Hopkins Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger


1. Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service The Committee considered this matter. 2. Executive Pay in the Public Sector The Committee considered this matter. 3. Committee Visit to Wales Resolved, That the Committee visit the Welsh Assembly Government in Cardiff and the Office for National Statistics in Newport. 4. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 5. Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

LWB 06 – FDA LWB 07 – Public Concern at Work 6. Good Government Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Thursday 5 March at 9.45 a.m.

THURSDAY 5 MARCH

Members present:




1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Official Statistics: Publication of statistics relating to knife crime Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Official Statistics: Publication of statistics relating to knife crime be reported to the House for publication on the internet: OSK 02 – Kevin Brennan MP OSK 03 – UK Statistics Authority 3. Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Tom Watson MP, Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, 2 March 2009 Association of Professional Political Consultants (APPC) (supplemental)

4. Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall/Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall be reported to the House for publication on the internet: LWB 08 – Civil Service Commissioners Janet Paraskeva, First Civil Service Commissioner, and Richard Jarvis, Secretary to the Civil Service Commissioners, gave oral evidence.


THURSDAY 12 MARCH

Members present:



Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger Mr Gordon Prentice Mr Charles Walker

1. Justice denied? The Government’s response to the Ombudsman’s report on

Equitable Life Draft Report [Justice denied? The Government’s response to the Ombudsman’s report on Equitable Life], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read. The Draft Report was agreed to: the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Sixth Report from the Committee, HC 219. 2. Ethics and Standards: Further Report: Government Response to the Third

Report from the Committee Draft Special Report (Ethics and Standards: Further Report: Government Response to the Third Report from the Committee), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read. Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.

Paragraphs 1 and 2 read and agreed to.

The Government’s responses to the Third Report from the Committee [Letter from the Prime Minister; Letter from the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office] were appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the First Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House. 3. Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service be reported to the House for publication on the internet: OUT 01 – Public and Commercial Services Union 4. Executive Pay in the Public Sector Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Executive Pay in the Public Sector be reported to the House for publication on the internet: EXP 02 – Public and Commercial Services Union 5. Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall be reported to the House for publication on the internet: LWB 09 – Public and Commercial Services Union 6. Civil and Public Service Issues Jonathan Baume, General Secretary, FDA, Paul Noon, General Secretary, Prospect, and Charles Cochrane, Head of Policy, Research, Information and Bargaining Support, Public and Commercial Services Union, gave oral evidence.


THURSDAY 19 MARCH

Members present:


Paul Flynn Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger Mr Gordon Prentice

Paul Rowen Mr Charles Walker

1. Official Language Resolved, That the Committee inquire in to Official Language. 2. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 3. Data Handling Procedures in Government Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Data Handling Procedures in Government be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Sir Gus O’Donnell KCB, Cabinet Secretary to Chairman, 24 November 2008 Letter from Sir Gus O’Donnell KCB, Cabinet Secretary to Chairman, 11 March 2009 4. Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall Katharine Gun, former civil servant, Brian Jones, former civil servant, Derek Pasquill, former civil servant; and Carne Ross, former civil servant, gave oral evidence.


THURSDAY 26 MARCH

Members present:




1. Specialist Adviser Ordered, That Mr Steve Tatton be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in its inquiry into Executive Pay in the Public Sector 2. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 3. Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall be reported to the House for publication on the internet: LWB 10 – Kevin Evans LWB 11 – Derek Pasquill 4. Executive Pay in the Public Sector Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Executive Pay in the Public Sector be reported to the House for publication on the internet: EXP 01 – Institute of Directors 5. Good Government Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Good Government be reported to the House for publication on the internet: GG 19 – Sue Lownds 6. Official Statistics: Publication of Migration and Workforce Statistics Phil Woolas MP, Minister of State for Borders and Immigration, Home Office, and Jonathan Sedgwick, Deputy Chief Executive, UK Border Agency; and Lord Rowe-Beddoe of Kilgety, Deputy Chair, and Richard Alldritt, Head of Assessment, UK Statistics Authority and Karen Dunnell, National Statistician, Office for National Statistics, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Thursday 2 April at 9.45 a.m.

THURSDAY 2 APRIL

Members present:




1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Good Government Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Good Government be reported to the House for publication on the internet: GG 20 – Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office 3. Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall Sir Suma Chakrabari KCB, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, gave oral evidence.


THURSDAY 23 APRIL

Members present:


Paul Flynn David Heyes Kelvin Hopkins Julie Morgan


1. Mandarins Unpeeled: Memoirs and Commentary by Former Ministers and

Civil Servants: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourteenth Report of 2007-08

Draft Special Report (Mandarins Unpeeled: Memoirs and Commentary by Former Ministers and Civil Servants: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourteenth Report of 2007-08), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s response to the Fourteenth Report from the Committee in 2007-08 was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Second Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House. 2. Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service be reported to the House for publication on the internet: OUT 02 – Prospect OUT 03 – Welsh Assembly Government OUT 05 – Civil Service Commissioners 3. Executive Pay in the Public Sector Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Executive Pay in the Public Sector be reported to the House for publication on the internet: EXP 03 – Dr Tony Cutler EXP 04 – Committee of University Chairs EXP 05 – TaxPayers’ Alliance EXP 06 – Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) 4. Special Advisers Resolved, That the Committee take evidence on Special Advisers. 5. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter.

6. Operation of the Honours System Denis Brennan, Head of the Honours and Appointments Secretariat, Cabinet Office, Dame Alexandra Burslem, Chair, Education Honours Committee, Sir John Parker, Chair, and Dame ‘Steve’ Shirley, member, Economy Honours Committee, gave oral evidence.


THURSDAY 30 APRIL

Members present:


Mr David Burrowes Kelvin Hopkins Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger


1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service be reported to the House for publication on the internet: OUT 04 – Ernst and Young 3. Executive Pay in the Public Sector Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Executive Pay in the Public Sector be reported to the House for publication on the internet: EXP 07 – Local Government Association and Local Government Employers EXP 08 – FDA Polly Toynbee, The Guardian, Professor Tony Travers, London School of Economics, David Clark, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives, and Ben Farrugia,

TaxPayers’ Alliance, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Thursday 7 May at 9.45 a.m.

Paul Flynn, Kelvin Hopkins, Julie Morgan, Mr Gordon Prentice, Paul Rowen and Dr Tony Wright visited the Welsh Assembly Government in Cardiff and the Office for National Statistics in Newport in connection with the Committee's inquiries into Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service and Official Statistics, in accordance with the Committee's decision of 26 February 2009.

THURSDAY 7 MAY

Members present:




1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall be reported to the House for publication on the internet: LWB 12 – Dr Brian Jones 3. Special Advisers Sir Richard Mottram, Visiting Professor, London School of Economics, Peter Riddell, Chief Political Commentator, The Times and Senior Fellow, Institute for Government, Jonathan Baume, General Secretary, FDA, and Lance Price; and Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 May at 2.00 p.m.

TUESDAY 12 MAY

Members present:



Mr Gordon Prentice Paul Rowen

1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service be reported to the House for publication on the internet: OUT 06 – Cabinet Office OUT 07 – Letter from David Bell, Permanent Secretary, Department for Children, Schools and Families to Sir Gus O’Donnell KCB, Cabinet Secretary, 17 September 2007 OUT 08 – Letter from David Bell, Permanent Secretary, Department for Children, Schools and Families to Sir Gus O’Donnell KCB, Cabinet Secretary, 18 April 2008 David Bell, Permanent Secretary, Department for Children, Schools and Families, Sir David Normington KCB, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, and Gill Rider, Head of the Civil Service Capabilities Group, Cabinet Office, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Thursday 21 May at 9.45 a.m

THURSDAY 21 MAY

Members present:


Paul Flynn Julie Morgan

David Heyes Kelvin Hopkins

Mr Gordon Prentice

1. Petition The Committee considered the petition to the House from Mr Howard Horsley concerning the circumstances surrounding Mr Horsley’s dismissal by the Department for International Development (presented on 05 May 2009). 2. Further Report on Machinery of Government Changes: With the Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report of Session 2007-08 The Draft Report was agreed to: the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Seventh Report from the Committee, HC 540. 3. Justice denied? Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2008-09 Draft Special Report (Justice denied? Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2008-09), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s response to the Sixth Report from the Committee was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Third Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House. 4. Executive Pay in the Public Sector Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Executive Pay in the Public Sector be reported to the House for publication on the internet: EXP 09 – Stephen Taylor EXP 10 – Hay Group EXP 11 – Senior Salaries Review Body Peter Boreham, Head of UK Executive Remuneration, Hay Group, David Evans, Head of Pay and Labour Market Services, Capita Survey and Research Unit, Christopher Johnson, UK Human Capital Leader, Mercer, and Hamish Davidson, recruitment consultant, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 June at 2.00 p.m.

TUESDAY 9 JUNE

Members present:


Paul Flynn Kelvin Hopkins Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger


1. Good Government Draft Report (Good Government), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to: the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Eighth Report from the Committee, HC 97. 2. Visit to the Netherlands Resolved, That the Committee’s visit to the Netherlands in connection to its Executive Pay in the Public Sector and Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service inquiries, agreed to on 22 January, be cancelled. 3. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter.

[Adjourned till Thursday 18 June at 9.45 a.m.

THURSDAY 18 JUNE

Members present:




1. The Iraq Inquiry Draft Report (The Iraq Inquiry), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to: the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Ninth Report from the Committee, HC 721. 2. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 3. Executive Pay in the Public Sector Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Executive Pay in the Public Sector be reported to the House for publication on the internet: EXP 12 – Christopher Johnson EXP 13 – Sir John Baker EXP 14 – NHS Employers EXP 15 – Managers in Partnership Millie Banerjee CBE, Chair, Ofcom Remuneration Committee, Tim Melville-Ross CBE, Chair, Higher Education Funding Council for England, and Dr Anne Wright CBE, Chair, National Lottery Commission; and Bill Cockburn CBE TD, Chair, Mike Langley, member, and Keith Masson, Director of Secretariat, Senior Salaries Review Body, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Thursday 25 June at 9.45 a.m.

THURSDAY 25 JUNE

Members present:




1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service be reported to the House for publication on the internet: OUT 09 – Sir David Normington KCB 3. Official Statistics: 2011 Census Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Official Statistics: 2011 Census be reported to the House for publication on the internet: OSC 01 – British Humanist Association OSC 02 – British Humanist Association (supplemental) OSC 03 – Tyne and Wear Research and Information OSC 04 – The Economic and Social Research Council OSC 05 – Local Government Data Unit Wales OSC 06 – British Society for Population Studies OSC 07 – Royal Statistical Society OSC 08 – Demographics User Group OSC 09 – Market Research Society OSC 10 – Equality and Human Rights Commission OSC 11 – Dr Oliver Duke-Williams OSC 12 – Electoral Commission OSC 13 – Statistics User Forum OSC 14 – Local Government Association OSC 15 – Luton Borough Council OSC 16 – Wandsworth Council OSC 17 – Greater London Authority OSC 18 – Westminster City Council Dame Karen Dunnell, National Statistician and Chief Executive, Glen Watson, Census Director, Office for National Statistics, and Graham Emmons, Census 2011 Programme Director, Lockheed Martin UK, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Thursday 2 July at 9.45 a.m.

THURSDAY 2 JULY

Members present:




1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Lobbying: Six Months On Tamasin Cave, Coordinator, Alliance for Lobbying Transparency, Peter Facey, Director, Unlock Democracy, Owen Espley, Corporate Power Campaigner, Friends of the Earth; Mark Adams, Convenor of the Public Affairs Council Working Party, Robbie MacDuff, Chair of the Association of Professional Political Consultants, Keith Johnston, Chair of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Government Affairs Group, and Francis Ingham, Director General of the Public Relations Consultants Association; and Rt Hon Angela Smith MP, Minister of State, Cabinet Office, gave oral evidence.


THURSDAY 9 JULY

Members present:


Paul Flynn David Heyes

Mr Gordon Prentice Paul Rowen

Kelvin Hopkins Julie Morgan

Mr Charles Walker

1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Chartered Institute of Public Relations (supplemental) 3. Official Language Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Official Language be reported to the House for publication on the internet: OL 01 – Richard Taylor OL 02 – Will Cooper OL 03 – Paul Goodman MP OL 04 – Adan Ali OL 05 – Alex Stobart OL 07 – Rt Hon David Blunkett MP OL 08 – Paul Flynn MP OL 09 – Andrew Miller MP OL 10 – Roger Gale MP OL 11 – Simplification Centre OL 12 – Philip Morgan OL 13 – Phil Willis MP OL 14 – Andrew George MP Marie Clair, Plain English Campaign, David Crystal, Honorary Professor of Linguistics, Bangor University, Simon Hoggart, The Guardian, and Matthew Parris, The Times, gave oral evidence.


THURSDAY 16 JULY

Members present:




1. Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall Draft Report (Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read. The Draft Report was agreed to: the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Tenth Report from the Committee, HC 83. 3. Justice delayed: The Ombudsman’s report on Equitable Life: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2008-09 Draft Special Report (Justice delayed: The Ombudsman’s report on Equitable Life: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2008-09), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s response to the Second Report from the Committee was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Fourth Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House. 3. Official Statistics: 2011 Census Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Official Statistics: 2011 Census be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Dame Karen Dunnell DCB, National Statistician 4. House of Lords Appointments Lord Jay of Ewelme GCMG, Chairman, House of Lords Appointments Commission, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Thursday 15 October at 9.45 a.m.

THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER

Members present:


Paul Flynn Kelvin Hopkins Julie Morgan

Mr Gordon Prentice Mr Charles Walker

1. The Iraq Inquiry: Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2008-09 Draft Special Report (The Iraq Inquiry: Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2008-09), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s response to the Ninth Report from the Committee was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House. 2. From Citizen’s Charter to Public Service Guarantees: Entitlements to Public Services: Further Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2007-08 Draft Special Report (From Citizen’s Charter to Public Service Guarantees: Entitlements to Public Services: Further Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2007-08), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s further response to the Twelfth Report from the Committee of Session 2007-08, and a letter of 11 November 2008 from the Chairman to the Minister for the Cabinet Office, were appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Sixth Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House.

3. Executive Pay in the Public Sector Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Executive Pay in the Public Sector be reported to the House for publication on the internet: EXP 16 – Hamish Davidson EXP 17 – National Lottery Commission EXP 18 – Higher Education Funding Council for England EXP 19 – Ofcom EXP 20 – Cabinet Office 4. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 5. Ministerial and other appointments from outside Parliament Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Ministerial and other appointments from outside Parliament be reported to the House for publication on the internet: MAP 01 - William Solesbury and Dr Ruth Levitt Professor Anthony King, Professor of Government, University of Essex, Jonathan Powell, former Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, and Lord Turnbull KCB CVO, former Cabinet Secretary, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Thursday 22 October at 9.45 a.m

THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER

Members present:


Paul Flynn Kelvin Hopkins Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger

Julie Morgan Mr Charles Walker

1. Good Government: Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth

Report of Session 2008-09 Draft Special Report (Good Government: Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report of Session 2008-09), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s response to the Eighth Report from the Committee, and related correspondence, were appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Seventh Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House. 2. Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2008-09 Draft Special Report (Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2008-09), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s response to the First Report from the Committee was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Eighth Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House. 3. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 4. Ministerial and other appointments from outside Parliament Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Ministerial and other appointments from outside Parliament be reported to the House for publication on the internet: MAP 02 – Professor Martin Smith Rt Hon Lord Adonis, Secretary of State for Transport, Prof Lord Darzi of Denham KBE, and Admiral Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Thursday 29 October at 9.45 a.m.

THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER

Members present:


Paul Flynn Kelvin Hopkins Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger Julie Morgan


1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Amendments to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill The Committee considered this matter. 3. Work of the Cabinet Office in 2008-09 Sir Gus O’Donnell KCB, Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Thursday 5 November at 9.45 a.m.

THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER

Members present:


Mr David Burrowes Paul Flynn David Heyes

Kelvin Hopkins Mr Gordon Prentice Mr Charles Walker

1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Work of the Ombudsman in 2008-09 Ann Abraham, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), Kathryn Hudson, Deputy Ombudsman, and Bill Richardson, Deputy Chief Executive, Office of the PHSO, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 10 November at 10.45 a.m.

TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER

Members present:




1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Ministerial and other appointments from outside Parliament Sir John Major KG CH, former Prime Minister gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Thursday 19 November at 9.45 a.m.

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