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House of Commons

Select Committee on Public Administration

Formal Minutes of the Committee

Session 2012-13

Formal Minutes of the Select Committee on Public Administration, Session 2012-13

TUESDAY 15 MAY 2012

Members present:

Mr Bernard Jenkin, in the Chair

Charlie Elphicke Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland

Priti Patel Lyndsay Roy

1. Declaration of Interests Kelvin Hopkins declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to the Committee’s inquiry into the Honours system, as a member of Republic. 2. Public Appointments: regulation, recruitment and pay Draft Special Report (Public Appointments: regulation, recruitment and pay: Government Response to Committee’s Fourteenth Report of Session 2010–12), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s Response to the Fourteenth Report from the Committee of Session 2010–12 was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report, be the First Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.

3. The Honours System

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the Honours system be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

HS 31 Dame Jane Trotter HS 32 John Lidstone HS 33 S J Warrilow HS 34 The Prime Minister HS 35 Sir Bob Kerslake

4. Appointment of the new Chair of the Charity Commission The Committee considered this matter.

5. Civil Service Reform and Principles of Good Governance

The Committee considered this matter. 6. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter.

7. The Honours System Lord Digby Jones, a Member of the House of Lords, and The Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP; Graham Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Republic, and John Lidstone, commentator on the honours system, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 22 May at 10.00 a.m.

TUESDAY 22 MAY 2012

Members present:


Paul Flynn Robert Halfon Kelvin Hopkins

Priti Patel Lyndsay Roy

1. Honours System Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the Honours System be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

HS 36 Cabinet Office HS 37 Additional evidence from the Association of Lords Lieutenants

2. Big Society Draft Further Report (Big Society: Further Report, with the Government’s Response to the Committee’s Seventeenth Report of Session 2010–12), proposed by the Chair, 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 98. 3. Business Appointments Rules

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the Business Appointments Rules be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

BA 08 Supplementary evidence from the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

4. Oversight of Administrative Justice The Committee considered this matter. 5. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter.

6. The Honours System Sir Bob Kerslake, Chair of the Honours Committee, Dame Mary Marsh CBE, Chair of the State Honours Committee, Sir John Parker, Chair of the Economy Honours Committee, and Richard Tilbrook, Head of the Honours and Appointments Secretary, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Thursday 24 May at 9.15 a.m.

THURSDAY 24 MAY 2012

Members present:


Alun Cairns Paul Flynn

Robert Halfon Kelvin Hopkins

1. Work of the Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 June at 10.00 a.m.

TUESDAY 12 JUNE 2012

Members present:


Paul Flynn David Heyes

Greg Mulholland Priti Patel

1. Special Advisers Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Special Advisers be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

SPAD 01 Professor David Richards, Professor Martin Smith and Mr Patrick Diamond

SPAD 02 Lord Butler of Brockwell SPAD 03 Committee on Standards in Public Life SPAD 04 Civil Service Commission SPAD 05 Professor Francesca Gains and Professor Gerry Stoker SPAD 06 Simon Cramp SPAD 07 Michael Jacobs SPAD 08 Democratic Audit SPAD 09 Constitution Unit SPAD 10 Institute for Government SPAD 11 The Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP

2. The Honours System Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the Honours System be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

HS 38 Lord Spicer HS 39 Welsh Government HS 40 CP Johnstone

3. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 4. Special Advisers James O’Shaughnessy, Michael Jacobs, and Duncan Brack; Dr Andrew Blick, Democratic Audit, Zoe Gruhn, Institute for Government, and Professor Martin Smith, University of Sheffield, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Monday 18 June at 4.30p.m.

MONDAY 18 JUNE 2012

Members present:


Alun Cairns Paul Flynn Kelvin Hopkins

Robert Halfon Greg Mulholland Priti Patel

1. Leadership of change Draft Special Report (Leadership of change: new arrangements for the roles of the Head of the Civil Service and the Cabinet Secretary: Further Report: Government Response to the Committee’s Twenty-Third Report of Session 2010–12), proposed by the Chair, brought up read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s Response to the Twenty-Third Report of the Committee of Session 2010–12 was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report, be the Second Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.

2. Statistics Resolved, That the Committee inquire into statistics. Resolved, That the Committee seek evidence on the operation of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. 3. Future programme The Committee considered this matter. 4. Special Advisers The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office, and Sue Gray, Head of Propriety and Ethics, Cabinet Office gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 26 June at 10.00a.m

TUESDAY 26 JUNE 2012

Members present:


Kelvin Hopkins David Heyes

Greg Mulholland Lindsay Roy

1. Special Advisers

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Special Advisers be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

SPAD 12 Steve Bates

2. Financial Scrutiny

Ordered, That the Estimate Memorandum 2012–13 for the Cabinet Office be reported to the House for publication on the internet. 3. Charities

The Committee considered this matter.

4. Future programme


5. Role of the Head of the Civil Service: six months on

Sir Bob Kerslake, Head of the Civil Service, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 3 July at 9.45 a.m.

TUESDAY 3 JULY 2012

Members present:


Alun Cairns Charlie Elphicke Paul Flynn Robert Halfon

David Heyes Greg Mulholland Lindsay Roy

1. Honours system Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the Honours System be reported to the House for publication on the internet: HS 41 John Lidstone 2. Ministerial Code The Committee considered this matter. 3. Committee working methods

The Committee considered paperless working. 4. Future Programme Resolved, That the Committee inquire into open source policy making later in the year. 5. Work of the Charity Commission Dame Suzi Leather, Chair of the Charity Commission, gave oral evidence.


TUESDAY 10 JULY 2012

Members present:


Alun Cairns Paul Flynn Robert Halfon David Heyes

Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Lindsay Roy

1. Honours system The Committee considered this matter. 2. Procurement Resolved, That the Committee visit Brussels in connection with its inquiry into Procurement. 3. Government Lead Non-Executives: Annual Report 2011–12 Lord Browne of Madingley, a Member of the House of Lords, Government Lead Non-Executive, gave oral evidence.


TUESDAY 17 JULY 2012

Members present:



Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Priti Patel

1. Business Appointment Rules

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the Business Appointment Rules be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

BA 09 Cabinet Office supplementary evidence Draft Report (Business Appointment Rules), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published with the Third Report of the Committee, HC 404.

2. The honours system

Draft Report (The Honours System), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was amended and agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published with the Second Report of the Committee, HC 19.

3. Special Advisers

The Committee considered the matter.

4. Role of the Head of the Civil Service: six months on

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the Role of the Head of the Civil Service: six months on be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

HCS 01 Sir Bob Kerslake

5. Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act Ordered, That the call for evidence for this Inquiry be published.

6. Civil Service Capability Ordered, That Dr Gillian Stamp be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to Civil Service Capability. (For declaration of interests, see Appendix.)

7. Ministerial Code The Committee considered this matter.

8. Future Programme


9. Committee working methods

Resolved, That the Committee move to electronic-only circulation of committee papers when technology permits.

10. Financial Scrutiny 2012-13

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Estimates Memoranda be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Cabinet Office UK Statistics Authority

11. Oversight of Administrative Justice Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Oversight of Administrative Justice be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Administrative Justice and Tribunal Council

[Adjourned till 5 September at 10.00 a.m.

WEDNESDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2012

Members present:



David Heyes Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Priti Patel

1. Work of the Charity Commission Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the work of the Charity Commission be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

CC 01 Charity Commission 2. Special Advisers

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Special Advisers be reported to the House for publication on the internet: SPAD 13 Cabinet Office

3. Statistics: Operation of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Statistics: Operation of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 be reported to the House for publication on the internet: 01 STATS 01 UK Statistics Authority 01 STATS 02 All-Party Parliamentary Group on Statistics 01 STATS 03 RPI CPI User Group 01 STATS 04 James Denman 01 STATS 05 Demographics User Group 01 STATS 06 Royal Statistical Society 01 STATS 07 First Division Association 01 STATS 08 Full Fact Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Statistics: the work of the Office for National Statistics be reported to the House for publication on the internet: 02 STATS 01 UK Statistics Authority

Resolved, That the Committee seek evidence on Communicating and Publishing Statistics. 4. Strategic thinking in Government: without National Strategy, can viable

Government strategy emerge?

Draft Special Report (Strategic thinking in Government: without National Strategy, can viable Government strategy emerge?: Government Response to the Twenty-Fourth Report of Session 2010–12), proposed by the Chair, brought up read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s Response to the Twenty-Fourth Report of Session 2010–12 was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report, be the Third Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.



6. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 7. Sitting hours Resolved, That the Committee meet at 9.00 a.m. if meetings are held on days when the House is sitting from 11.30 a.m. 8. Pre-appointment hearing: Chair of the Charity Commission The Chair declared a non-pecuniary interest as a member of the Henry Jackson Society, of which the Government’s preferred candidate is also a Member. Robert Halfon declared a non-pecuniary interest as a founder member of the Henry Jackson Society. Paul Flynn declared a non-pecuniary interest as having been an invited speaker for the Henry Jackson Society. William Shawcross CVO, the Government’s preferred candidate, gave oral evidence.

Draft Report (Appointment of the Chair of the Charity Commission), 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 of the Committee, HC 315-I.

[Adjourned till 12 September at 9.00am

WEDNESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2012

Members present:


Paul Flynn Kelvin Hopkins


1. Operation of the Committee The Committee considered this matter. 2. Public Engagement in Policy-Making

The Committee considered this matter. 3. The Honours System


4. Regulation of the Charitable Sector Ordered, That Dr Jonathan Garton be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in its inquiry into Regulation of the Charitable Sector. (For details of declarations of interests, see Appendix.) 5. Future programme The Committee considered this matter.

6. Statistics: Operation of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 Jill Leyland, Royal Statistical Society and Jenny Church, Statistics User Forum; and Andrew Dilnot, Chair, UK Statistics Authority, Jil Matheson, National Statistician, and Richard Alldritt, Head of Assessment, UK Statistics Authority gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 18 September at 9.00 a.m.

TUESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2012

Members present:


Alun Cairns Charlie Elphicke Paul Flynn David Heyes

Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Priti Patel Lindsay Roy

1. End of Term Report: 2011-12

Draft Report (End of term report: 2011–12), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published with the Fifth Report of the Committee, HC 316.

2. Special advisers

Draft Report (Special advisers in the thick of it), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published with the Sixth Report of the Committee, HC 134.

3. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

The Committee considered this matter. 4. Future programme


[Adjourned till 16 October at 9.00 a.m.

TUESDAY 16 OCTOBER 2012

Members present:


Charlie Elphicke David Heyes


1. Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006 Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006 reported to the House for publication on the internet:

CH 01 [Rachel Wellman] CH 02 [Simon Cramp] CH 03 [Action on Smoking and Health] CH 04 [Sheila McKechnie Foundation] CH 05 [CIFAS] CH 06 [Sussex Village Halls Advisory Group] CH 07 [Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA)] CH 08 [Local Government Association] CH 09 [War on Want] CH 10 [Baptist Union of Great Britain] CH 11 [New West End Company (NWEC)] CH 12 [HCA International] CH 13 [Sport plus Recreation Alliance] CH 14 [British Heart Foundation] CH 15 [Help the Hospices] CH 16 [Wellcome Trust] CH 17 [Self Help Group (SHG)] CH 18 [Independent Schools Council] CH 19 [Institute of Fundraising (IOF), Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB),

Public Fundraising Regulatory Association (PFRA)] CH 20 [Public Fundraising Regulatory Association (PFRA)] CH 21 [Plymouth Brethren Christian Church] CH 22 [Charity Retail Association] CH 23 [UNISON] CH 24 [Charity Law Association (CLA)] CH 25 [Farrer & Co.] CH 26 [The Christian Institute] CH 27 [Scottish Council of Independent Schools] CH 28 [Churches’ Legislation Advisory Service] CH 29 [National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)] CH 30 [Institute of Fundraising (IOF)]

CH 31 [Charity Finance Group (CFG)] CH 32 [Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)] CH 33 [Association for Charities (AfC)] CH 34 [Bates, Wells and Braithwaite] CH 35 [Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB)] CH 36 [British Red Cross] CH 37 [Nikki Brooker]

2. Civil Service Reform

Resolved, that the Committee seek evidence on its approach to scrutiny of Civil Service Reform.

3. Statistics The Committee considered this matter.

4. Public Engagement in Policy-Making

The Committee considered this matter. 5. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman


6. Business Appointment Rules


7. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter.

8. Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006

Lord Hodgson, a Member of the House of Lords, gave oral evidence.



Members present:


Alun Cairns Charlie Elphicke

Greg Mulholland

1. Regulation of the charitable sector and the Charities Act 2006

Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Regulation of the charitable sector and the Charities Act 2006 be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

CH 38 [Panel on the Independence of the Voluntary Sector] CH 39 [Charity Commission] CH 40 [National Association for Voluntary and Community Action

(NAVCA)]

2. Statistics: communicating and publishing statistics Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Statistics: communicating and publishing statistics be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

4STATS 01 [Market Research Society] 4STATS 02 [Tom King] 4STATS 03 [Social Research Association] 4STATS 04 [Statistics User Forum] 4STATS 05 [Demographics User Group] 4STATS 06 [Royal Statistical Society] 4STATS 07 [Full Fact] 4STATS 08 [UK Statistics Authority]

3. Public engagement in policy-making The Committee considered this matter. 4. Equitable Life The Committee considered this matter.

5. Future programme The Committee considered this matter.

6. Regulation of the charitable sector and the Charities Act 2006

Sir Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, Sir Stephen Bubb, Chief Executive, Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations, Cath Lee, Chief Executive, Small Charities Coalition, and Joe Irvin, Chief Executive, National Association for Voluntary and Community Action; and Peter Lewis, Chief Executive, Institute of Fundraising, Alistair McLean, Chief Executive, Fundraising Standards Board, and Sally de la Bedoyere, Chief Executive, Public Fundraising Regulatory Association gave oral evidence.



Members present:



David Heyes Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Lindsay Roy



2. Public engagement in policy-making

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Public Engagement in Policy-making be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

PE 01 [ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics

(CESAGEN) Cardiff University] PE 02 [Association for Science and Discovery Centres] PE 03 [Karen Hudes] PE 04 [Sciencewise] PE 05 [National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE)] PE 06 [Research Councils UK (RCUK)] PE 07 [Involve] PE 08 [Professor Kathy Sykes, University of Bristol]

3. Sitting hours

Resolved, That, on days on which the House sits at 11.30 a.m., the Committee will meet at 9.15 a.m. 4. Committee on Standards in Public Life triennial review The Committee considered this matter. 5. Statistics The Committee considered this matter.


Matthew Burgess, General Secretary, Independent Schools Council, Francesca Quint, Senior Partner, Radcliffe Chambers, and Philip Kirkpatrick, Partner, Bates Wells & Braithwaite; and Garth Christie and Bruce Hazell, Elders, Plymouth Brethren Church, and Nicola Evans, Senior Associate, Bircham Dyson Bell gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 6 November at 9.30 a.m.

TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012

Members present:


Charlie Elphicke Paul Flynn Robert Halfon

Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland


Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006 be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

CH 41 [Call to Action Progress Group] CH 42 [Caroline Aldiss] CH 43 [Supplementary written evidence from the Institute of Fundraising] CH 44 [Lewis Smith] CH 45 [Louisa Hutchinson] CH 46 [Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Taskforce]

2. Committee on Standards in Public Life triennial review


3. Strategic thinking


4. Honours


5. Procurement

Resolved, That the Committee visit Brussels on 30-31 January 2013, in connection with its inquiry into Procurement.





Susan Pascoe, Commissioner Designate, Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Taskforce, and Murray Baird, Assistant Commissioner, Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Taskforce gave oral evidence.



Members present:


Alun Cairns Paul Flynn Robert Halfon David Heyes


1. Public engagement in policy-making Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Public engagement in policy-making be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

PE 9 [London Borough of Redbridge]



CH 47 [David Orbison] CH 48 [Additional written evidence submitted by the Charity Commission]

3. Procurement

Resolved, That the Committee call for evidence on Procurement. 4. A Debt of Honour


5. Complaints handling


6. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Resolved, That the Committee call for evidence on the work of the Office of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.


David Babbs, Director, 38 Degrees, Stephan Shakespeare, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, YouGov, and Tom Steinberg, Founder and Director, My Society; and Roger Hampson, Chief Executive, London Borough of Redbridge, Catarina Tully, Director, FromOverHere, and Professor Beth Noveck, former US Deputy Chief Technology Officer and author of Wiki Government, gave oral evidence.



Members present:


Alun Cairns Paul Flynn Robert Halfon

Kelvin Hopkins Priti Patel Lindsay Roy

1. Staffing



Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Public engagement in policy-making be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

PE 10 [Bruce Whitehead] PE 11 [Cabinet Office]



CH 49 [Marcus Anderson] CH 50 [Lord Hodgson] CH 51 [Supplementary written evidence submitted by Plymouth Brethren

Christian Church]


Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Civil Service Reform be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

CSR 1 [Shrinking the State Research Team] CSR 2 [Dr Andrew Blick, Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies,

King’s College London] CSR 3 [Prospect] CSR 4 [Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)] CSR 5 [Institute for Government] CSR 6 [First Division Association (FDA)]

CSR 7 [Project Management Institute] CSR 8 [Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO)]

5. The Honours System

Draft Report (The Honours System: Further Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published with the Seventh Report of the Committee, HC 728.

6. Statistics

Ordered, That Simon Briscoe be reappointed as a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to Statistics. (For details of declarations of interests, see Appendix.)


Mike Bracken, Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Simon Burall, Director, Involve, and Professor Nigel Shadbolt, University of Southampton gave oral evidence.



Members present:



In the absence of the Chair, Mr Kelvin Hopkins was called to the chair. 1. Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006 The Committee considered this matter. Mr Bernard Jenkin resumed the chair.




2. Staffing The Committee considered this matter.

3. Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006 Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006 be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

CH 52 [Clothes Aid (Services) Ltd] 4. Civil Service Reform Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Civil Service Reform be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

CSR 09 [Cabinet Office] CSR 10 [Martin Surr]

5. Statistics: The operation of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The operation of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

1 STATS 09 [Supplementary written evidence from Statistics User Forum] 1 STATS 10 [Supplementary written evidence from Royal Statistical Society] 1 STATS 11 [Supplementary written evidence from UK Statistics Authority]

6. Committee working practices Resolved, That the Committee set up and use an account on Twitter.


Christopher Snowdon, Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Affairs, and Paul Hackett, Director, Smith Institute gave oral evidence.


WEDNESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2012

Members present:






PE 12 [Coalition for Access to Justice on the Environment (CAJE)]



The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 4 December at 9.15 a.m.

TUESDAY 4 DECEMBER 2012

Members present:




1. Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006 Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006 be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

CH 53 [Supplementary written evidence from National Council for Voluntary

Organisations (NCVO)] CH 54 [Peter Luxton, Professor of Law, Cardiff University] CH 55 [Supplementary written evidence from National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)]

2. Civil Service Reform Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Civil Service Reform be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

CSR 11 [Mr Patrick Diamond, Professor David Richards and Professor Martin Smith]

3. Public engagement in policy-making The Committee considered this matter. 4. Statistics: Migration statistics

Resolved, That the Committee call for evidence on Migration statistics.

5. Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006 William Shawcross CVO, Chair, Charity Commission, Sam Younger CBE, Chief Executive, Charity Commission; and Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society gave oral evidence.


WEDNESDAY 5 DECEMBER 2012

Members present:




1. Strategic thinking in Government

The Rt Hon the Lord Heseltine of Thenford, a Member of the House of Lords, gave oral evidence.



Members present:



Greg Mulholland Priti Patel Lindsay Roy


Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Civil Service Reform be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

CSR 12 [Dr Suzy Walton] CSR 13 [Sir John Elvidge]

Resolved, That the Committee call for evidence on Civil Service Reform.



CH 56 [John Weightman] CH 57 [Kevin Curley] CH 58 [Hilary Wells]

3. Work of the Ombudsman

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Work of the Ombudsman be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

PHSO 1 [M B Wright] PHSO 2 [Alan Vaughan] PHSO 3 [C N Rock]

PHSO 4 [Alison Pope] PHSO 5 [Helga Warzecha] PHSO 6 [Brenda Prentice] PHSO 7 [Alan Reid] PHSO 8 [Which?] PHSO 9 [Dee Speers] PHSO 10 [James Titcombe] PHSO 11 [Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA)] PHSO 12 [Name supplied] PHSO 13 [Uncaged Campaigns] PHSO 14 [Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO)]

4. Any other business

Resolved, That the Committee invite Sam Younger CBE, Chief Executive, Charity Commission, and a representative from The Druid Network to give oral evidence. Resolved, That the Committee accept further written evidence on Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006 that is submitted by noon on 14 December. 5. Statistics: communicating and publishing statistics Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society; Will Moy, Director, Full Fact, Michael Blastland, freelance journalist and Chris Giles, Economics Editor, Financial Times, gave oral evidence.


WEDNESDAY 12 DECEMBER 2012

Members present:


Charlie Elphicke Paul Flynn


1. Any other business

Resolved, That the Chairman write to the Charity Commission in connection with the Committee’s inquiry into the Regulation of the Charities Sector and the Charities Act 2006.

2. Statistics: communicating and publishing statistics Andrew Dilnot CBE, Chair, UK Statistics Authority, and Jil Matheson, National Statistician, UK Statistics Authority, gave oral evidence.



Members present:



Kelvin Hopkins Priti Patel Mr Steve Reed

1. Declaration of interests

Mr Steve Reed declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).

2. Work of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Work of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

PHSO 15 [Patrick Cockrell] PHSO 16 [W Morris] PHSO 17 [D R Tweedie]

3. Future of the civil service

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Future of the civil service be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

CSR 14 [Mark Balchin]



CH 59 [David Jennings]

CH 60 [Garth Christie] CH 61 [Supplementary written evidence from Louisa Hutchinson] CH 64 [Christine Parsons] CH 65 [James Farrant] CH 66 [Peter Hamilton] CH 67 [Ian Evershed] CH 68 [Evan and Evelyn Reynolds] CH 69 [Richard Browning] CH 70 [Jim Fidler] CH 71 [Mike Brown] CH 72 [Ken Hazell] CH 73 [Ken McLean] CH 74 [Charles and Monica Arnett] CH 75 [Chris Bourne] CH 76 [David Meatyard] CH 77 [Rosanna Gomez] CH 78 [Priscilla Calder] CH 79 [James Remmington] CH 80 [Jim Turner] CH 81 [Stephen Juby] CH 82 [Ross Markham] CH 83 [Gerard Clayson] CH 84 [J M Wells] CH 85 [Malcolm Poole] CH 86 [Ben Eagle] CH 87 [Chris Stutterheim] CH 88 [Dudley Clayson] CH 89 [Gordon Wallach] CH 90 [Andrew Smith] CH 91 [James Walker] CH 92 [A B Guest] CH 93 [Richard Marks] CH 94 [Malcolm Holmes] CH 95 [Andrew White] CH 96 [Richard Devine] CH 97 [Anthony Scott] CH 98 [John R Edwards] CH 99 [Samuel White]

CH100 [Mark Whiteside] CH 101 [David Howarth] CH 102 [JMP Architects] CH 103 [Duncan Small] CH 104 [K Deryck South] CH 105 [James Sheddon] CH 106 [Samantha Spencer] CH 107 [Rob Furse] CH 108 [Stephen Furse] CH 109 [Stephen Hill] CH 110 [John Lowe] CH 111 [Gavin Sellars] CH 112 [Donovan Payne] CH 113 [Murray Walker] CH 114 [Jenni Thewlis] CH 115 [Roger Napthine] CH 116 [Hugh Liesching] CH 117 [Roy Greeno] CH 118 [Alan Nunn] CH 119 [Iain Munn] CH 120 [Mike Fox] CH 121 [Alastair Munn] CH 122 [Gordon McCreadie] CH 123 [Garth Davey] CH 124 [Andrew Wheeler] CH 125 [Bill Noakes] CH 126 [Ronnie and Zoe Devine] CH 127 [Andrew and Liz Furse] CH 128 [Adrian Fowler] CH 129 [Russell Fleck] CH 130 [Andrew Burtenshaw] CH 131 [One Stop Bookkeeping] CH 132 [Russell Pillar] CH 133 [Adrian Warne] CH 134 [Ken Price] CH 135 [Keith Price] CH 136 [Gordon Cooper] CH 137 [Andrew Francis] CH 138 [John Carlyon] CH 139 [Scott Matthews] CH 140 [Mark Bidmead] CH 141 [Daniel Rosenfelder] CH 142 [Joe Rennicks] CH 143 [Neil Payne]

CH 144 [Tim Douglas] CH 145 [Sue Dallow] CH 146 [Carl Munn] CH 147 [Fiona Smerdon] CH 148 [Dick Dallow] CH 149 [Andrew Melvin] CH 150 [Andrew Devine] CH 151 [Russell van As] CH 152 [Ben Sewell] CH 153 [Richard Fentiman] CH 154 [Cedric Fairweather] CH 155 [Gordon and Laura Fleck] CH 156 [Arthur and Rachel Pallister] CH 157 [David Hyland] CH 158 [Phill Chatwin] CH 159 [Nick Randall] CH 160 [Parwinder Singh Rai] CH 161 [Anne Bassinder] CH 162 [Terri Hazard] CH 163 [Dean Williams] CH 164 [Sarah Bayley] CH 165 [Nigel Pinkawa] CH 166 [Kevin Beck] CH 167 [Tim Doouss] CH 168 [Fiona Currie] CH 169 [Alan Cheeseman] CH 170 [Sean Pearce] CH 171 [Martin McDonagh] CH 172 [Tony Dent] CH 173 [William G Hathorn and Peter Trevvett] CH 174 [Paul Grange] CH 175 [Peter Smith] CH 176 [Simon Ellis] CH 177 [Simon Coleman] CH 178 [John Preus] CH 179 [Paul Adams] CH 180 [Shaun Briddon] CH 181 [Clifford Hilton] CH 182 [James Talman] CH 183 [Valerie Evershed] CH 184 [Peter Morton] CH 185 [Lance and Reeva Tunley] CH 186 [Stewart Peeb ]

Ordered, That supplementary evidence provided by the Charity Commission be reported to the House for publication on the internet. Question put, That the Committee call for the Charity Commission to provide further oral evidence in connection with the Committee’s inquiry into the regulation of the Charities Sector and the Charities Act 2006. The Committee divided.

Ayes, 3 Charlie Elphicke Robert Halfon Priti Patel

Noes, 3 Paul Flynn Kelvin Hopkins Mr Steve Reed

Since there was no majority in favour of issuing a further invitation, the Chair declared himself with the Noes. Question accordingly negatived.



PE 13 [Catarina Tully]

6. Committee effectiveness



8. Financial scrutiny

Resolved, That the Chair write to the Minister for the Cabinet Office seeking written evidence on the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts. Resolved, That the letter to the Minister for the Cabinet Office be published on the internet.

9. Work of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

Dame Julie Mellor DBE, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, and Helen Hughes, Chief Operating Officer, the Office of Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 8 January at 9.15 a.m.

TUESDAY 8 JANUARY 2013

Members present:


Alun Cairns Charlie Elphicke Paul Flynn Kelvin Hopkins

Greg Mulholland Priti Patel Mr Steve Reed Lindsay Roy

1. The Future of the Civil Service Ordered, That Dr Gillian Stamp be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to The Future of the Civil Service. (For declaration of interests, see Appendix.) 2. Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006 The Committee considered this matter.

3. Statistics: communicating and publishing statistics Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Statistics: communicating and publishing statistics be reported to the House for publication on the internet: 4STATS 09 [Cabinet Office supplementary evidence] 4. The role of the Cabinet Secretary and the Resignation of the Chief Whip

The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The role of the Cabinet Secretary and the Resignation of the Chief Whip be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CW01 [Sir Jeremy Heywood] 5. The Future of the Civil Service Patrick Diamond, University of Manchester, Lord Hennessy, Queen Mary, University of London, a Member of the House of Lords, and Professor Christopher Hood, University of Oxford; and Sean Worth, Policy Exchange, Rt Hon Peter Riddell, Institute for Government, and Andrew Haldenby, Reform gave oral evidence.


THURSDAY 10 JANUARY 2013

Members present:




1. Role of Cabinet Secretary and the resignation of the Chief Whip Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Role of the Cabinet Secretary and the resignation of the Chief Whip be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CW02 [Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP] Sir Jeremy Heywood KCB CVO, Cabinet Secretary, gave oral evidence.



Members present:



Kelvin Hopkins Priti Patel Mr Steve Reed

1. The Future of the Civil Service Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The Future of the Civil Service be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CSR 15 [Professor Howard Elcock] CSR 16 [Dr Chris Gibson-Smith] 2. The Role of the Cabinet Secretary and the Resignation of the Chief Whip Draft Report (The Role of the Cabinet Secretary and the Resignation of the Chief Whip), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published with the Eighth Report of the Committee, HC 864-1. 3. Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006


CH 187 [The Druid Network] CH 188 [Old Mill Accountancy] CH 189 [Geoffrey Glass]

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006 be accepted as written evidence but not reported to the House: [David Orbison]

4. Public engagement in policy-making The Committee considered this matter.

5. Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council The Committee considered this matter. 6. The Future of the Civil Service Professor Andrew Kakabadse, Professor of International Management Development, Cranfield School of Management, Dr Chris Gibson-Smith, Chairman, London Stock Exchange, Sir John Elvidge, former Permanent Secretary, Scottish Government, and Dr Suzy Walton, former senior civil servant at the Cabinet Office gave oral evidence.



Members present:


Alun Cairns Paul Flynn Robert Halfon Kelvin Hopkins

Mr Steve Reed Lindsay Roy Greg Mulholland

1. The Role of the Cabinet Secretary and the Resignation of the Chief Whip The Committee discussed this matter. 2. Procurement Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Procurement be reported to the House for publication on the internet: PROC 1[Leo Burnett] PROC 2 [Panlogic] PROC 3 [Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA)] PROC 4 [Lt Col Dan Ward, US Air Force ] PROC 5 [Open Source Consortium] PROC 6 [David Chassels] PROC 7 [Trades Union Congress (TUC)] PROC 8 [International Association for Contract & Commercial Managemen (IACCM)] PROC 9 [Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS)]

PROC 10 [Social Research Association (SRA)] PROC 11 [Future Purchasing Consulting Ltd and Henley Business School, University of Reading] PROC 12 [Mediareach] PROC 13 [Stonewall] PROC 14 [Callcredit Group] PROC 15 [Nationwide Association of Fostering Providers (NAFP), Independent Children’s Home Association (ICHA) and the National Association of Independent Schools and Non-Maintained Special Schools (NASS)] PROC 16 [Social Enterprise UK] PROC 17 [MSQ Partners] PROC 18 [Baroness Greengross’s Transport Forum and the International Longevity Centre] PROC 19 [Community Matters] PROC 20 [Urology Trade Association] PROC 21 [Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF)] PROC 22 [Colin Cram, Marc1 Limited] PROC 23 [Market Research Society (MRS) Policy Unit] PROC 24 [National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)] PROC 25 [UK Contractors Group (UKCG)] PROC 26 [Cabinet Office] 3. Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006


CH 190 [Institute for Economic Affairs]

4. Twitter The Committee considered this matter. 5. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman The Committee considered this matter. 6. Procurement Colin Cram, Managing Director, Marc1 Limited, and Jon Hughes, Chairman, Future Purchasing gave oral evidence.



Members present:


Alun Cairns Robert Halfon Kelvin Hopkins

Priti Patel Mr Steve Reed Lindsay Roy

1. The Role of the Cabinet Secretary and the Resignation of the Chief Whip The Committee considered this matter. 2. The Future of the Civil Service Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The Future of the Civil Service be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CSR 17 [Dr Ruth Levitt and William Solesbury, Visiting Senior Research Fellows, Dept of Political Economy, King’s College London] 3. Public engagement in policy making Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Public engagement in policy making be reported to the House for publication on the internet: PE 14 [Supplementary evidence from Cabinet Office] 4. Migration statistics Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Migration statistics be reported to the House for publication on the internet: 5STATS 01 [Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Population Geography Research Group (PopGRG)] 5STATS 02 [British Society for Population Studies (BSPS)] 5STATS 03 [Professor Edward Acton, Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia] 5STATS 04 [Migration Watch UK] 5STATS 05 [Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)] 5STATS 06 [Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford] 5STATS 07 [Analytics Cambridge] 5STATS 08 [University of Southampton]

5STATS 09 [Royal Statistical Society (RSS) and Statistics User Forum (SUF)] 5STATS 10 [Westminster City Council] 5STATS 11 [Universities UK] 5STATS 12 [UK Statistics Authority] 5. Procurement: Brussels visit


6. Government responses The Committee considered this matter. 7. The Future of the Civil Service The Lord Wilson of Dinton GCB, a Member of the House of Lords, and Rt Hon Dame Janet Paraskeva DBE; Sir Nick Harvey MP, Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP, Rt Hon the Lord Adonis, a Member of the House of Lords, and Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 5 February at 9.00 a.m.

Wednesday 30 January – Thursday 31 January

The Chair, Kelvin Hopkins, Greg Mulholland, and Mr Steve Reed visited Brussels in connection with the Committee’s inquiry on Procurement in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 6 November 2012.

TUESDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2013

Members present:



Mr Steve Reed Lindsay Roy

1. The Role of the Cabinet Secretary and the Resignation of the Chief Whip

Draft Special Report (The Role of the Cabinet Secretary and the Resignation of the Chief Whip: Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report of Session 2012–13), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s Response to the Eighth 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 Chair make the Report to the House. 2. Procurement Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Procurement be reported to the House for publication on the internet: PROC 27 [Supplementary evidence from Colin Cram, Marc1 Limited] 3. The Future of the Civil Service Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The Future of the Civil Service be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CSR 18 [D H Owen] CSR 19 [Philip Virgo] CSR 20 [Active Operations Management International LLP] CSR 21 [Association for Project Management] CSR 22 [Additional evidence from FDA] CSR 23 [Dr John Parkinson, The University of Warwick] 4. Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006 The Committee considered this matter. 5. Continuing Professional Development for Committee Members


6. Inquiry objectives The Committee considered this matter. 7. Wright reforms

The Committee considered this matter. 8. Future programme The Committee considered this matter. 9. Procurement Kevin Craven, Chair, CBI Procurement Panel, Jim Bligh, Head of Public Services, CBI, and Stephen Ratcliffe, Director, UK Contractors Group; Peter Holbrook, Chief Executive, Social Enterprise UK, James Allen, Head of Public Services and Partnerships, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, and Mike Cherry, Policy Chairman, Federation of Small Businesses, gave oral evidence.



Members present:


Paul Flynn Robert Halfon Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland


1. The Prime Minister’s Adviser on Ministers’ Interests: independent or not? Draft Special Report (The Prime Minister’s Adviser on Ministers’ Interests: independent or not?: Government Response to the Committee’s Twenty Second Report of Session 2010-12), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s Response to the Twenty Second Report from the Committee of Session 2010-12 was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. 2. The Future of the Civil Service

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The Future of the Civil Service be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

CSR 24 [Civil Service Commission] 3. Procurement Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Procurement be reported to the House for publication on the internet: PROC 28 [Confederation of British Industry (CBI)] PROC 29 [Stephen Ratcliffe, UK Contractors Group] 4. Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006


CH 191 [Supplementary written evidence from Cabinet Office] 5. The operation of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 Draft Report (Public Trust in Government A review of the operation of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published with the Ninth Report of the Committee, [HC 406]. 6. Future programme The Committee considered this matter. 7. The Future of the Civil Service Lord Browne of Madingley, a Member of the House of Lords; and Lord O’Donnell GCB, a Member of the House of Lords, gave oral evidence.


WEDNESDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2013

Members present:



Priti Patel Mr Steve Reed

1. The Future of the Civil Service The Committee considered this matter. 2. Statistics The Committee considered this matter. 3. The Future of the Civil Service Kelvin Hopkins declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to the Committee’s inquiry into the Future of the Civil Service as a member of the PCS support group in Parliament. Sir David Normington GCB, First Civil Service Commissioner and Commissioner for Public Appointments; and Dave Penman, General Secretary, FDA, and Hugh Lanning, Deputy General Secretary, PCS gave oral evidence.



Members present:


Alun Cairns Paul Flynn Robert Halfon Kelvin Hopkins


1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Procurement Sir Jeremy Blackham KCB, former Chief Executive, EADS UK, and former Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff, MOD, Professor Christopher Bovis, University of Hull, Dr David Moore, Director, Centre for Defence Acquisition, Cranfield University, Robin Southwell, Chief Executive, EADS UK and President, ADS, and Professor Trevor Taylor, Professorial Research Fellow, RUSI gave oral evidence.


WEDNESDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2013

Members present:


Paul Flynn Robert Halfon Kelvin Hopkins

Greg Mulholland Mr Steve Reed Lindsay Roy

1. The Future of the Civil Service Mr Steve Reed declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to the Committee’s inquiry into the Future of the Civil Service as a former Leader of the London Borough of Lambeth Council and a former Deputy Chair of the Local Government Association.

Damian McBride; and Derrick Anderson, Chief Executive, London Borough of Lambeth, and Carolyn Downs, Chief Executive, Local Government Association gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 5 March at 9.15 a.m.

TUESDAY 5 MARCH 2013

Members present:


Alun Cairns Robert Halfon

Kelvin Hopkins Lindsay Roy

1. The Future of the Civil Service Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The Future of the Civil Service be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CSR 25 [Additional evidence from Professor Matthew Flinders] CSR 26 [Professor the Lord Norton of Louth] 2. Regulation of the Charitable Sector and the Charities Act 2006 The Committee considered this matter. 3. Communicating and publishing statistics


4. Strategic thinking in Government The Committee considered this matter. 5. Future Programme

The Committee considered this matter. 6. Any other business


7. The Future of the Civil Service Professor Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield, Professor the Lord Norton of Louth, University of Hull, a Member of the House of Lords, and Professor Anthony King, University of Essex gave oral evidence.



Members present:



Greg Mulholland

1. Procurement Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Procurement be reported to the House for publication on the internet: PROC 30 [Supplementary evidence from Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)] 2. The Future of the Civil Service Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The Future of the Civil Service be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CSR 27 [The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP] CSR 28 [Civil Service Commission] 3. The Ombudsman The Committee considered this matter. 4. Complaints handling The Committee considered this matter. 5. Procurement Tim Heywood, Director, Public Sector & Procurement, Burges Salmon LLP, Tim Cummins, Chief Executive, International Association of Commercial and Contract Management, and Paul Chapman, Academy Director, UK Government Major Projects Leadership Academy; David Noble, Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), Andrew Coulcher, Director of Business Solutions, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), and Peter Smith, Managing Director, Procurement Excellence Consultants gave oral evidence.


WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 2013

Members present:


Paul Flynn Kelvin Hopkins Priti Patel


1. The Future of the Civil Service The Committee considered this matter.

[Adjourned till 18 March at 4.00pm

MONDAY 18 MARCH 2013

Members present:



Greg Mulholland Mr Steve Reed Lindsay Roy

1. The Future of the Civil Service Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The Future of the Civil Service be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CSR 29 [Cabinet Office] 2. Complaints handling The Committee considered this matter. 3. Future Programme


4. Procurement Lieutenant Colonel Dan Ward, Duty Acquisitions Officer, U.S. Air Force gave oral evidence.



Members present:


Alun Cairns Paul Flynn Priti Patel


1. Complaints handling The Committee considered this matter.

2. The Future of the Civil Service The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 25 March at 4.30 p.m.

MONDAY 25 MARCH 2013

Members present:



Greg Mulholland

1. Procurement Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Procurement be reported to the House for publication on the internet: PROC 31 [Professor Christopher Bovis] PROC 32 [Additional written evidence from the Cabinet Office]

2. The Future of the Civil Service Stephen Kelly, Chief Operating Officer and Head of the Efficiency and Reform Group, Cabinet Office, Bill Crothers, Chief Procurement Officer, Government Procurement Service, and Sally Collier, Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, Government Procurement Service gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 16 April at 9.15 a.m.

TUESDAY 16 APRIL 2013

Members present:



Kelvin Hopkins Priti Patel Greg Mulholland

1. The Future of the Civil Service Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The Future of the Civil Service be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CSR 30 [Supplementary written evidence from Dr Ruth Levitt and William Solesbury, Visiting Senior Research Fellows, Department of Political Economy, King’s College, London] 2. Procurement

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Procurement be reported to the House for publication on the internet: PROC 33 [Openforum Europe] PROC 34 [Recruitment and Employment Confederation] PROC 35 [Project Management Institute]

3. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman The Committee considered this matter.

4. The Future of the Civil Service Jonathan Powell, former Chief of Staff at 10 Downing Street, gave oral evidence.


THURSDAY 18 APRIL 2013

Members present:



Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Steve Reed

1. The Future of the Civil Service Sir Jeremy Heywood, KCB, CVO, Cabinet Secretary and Sir Bob Kerslake, Head of the Civil Service, gave oral evidence.


Formal Minute 44/2012–13

WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL 2013

Members present:


Alun Cairns Paul Flynn

Robert Halfon KelvinHopkins

1. Procurement

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Procurement be reported to the House for publication on the internet: PROC 36 [ASK US Drain Services]

2. Communicating and publishing statistics

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Communicating and publishing statistics be reported to the House for publication on the internet: 4STATS 10 [Supplementary written evidence from UK Statistics Authority]

3. Members’ attendance statistics The Committee considered this matter.

4. Committee programme of work The Committee considered this matter.

5. Future programme


6. Format of briefing


7. Migration statistics Dr Scott Blinder, Acting Director, The Migration Observatory, University of Oxford, Councillor Philippa Roe, Leader, Westminster City Council, and Professor John Salt, Co-Director, Migration Research Unit, University College London; Jon Simmons, Deputy Director, Migration and Border Analysis, Home Office, Dr Chris Kershaw, Programme Director, Migration Statistics Team, Home Office, Guy Goodwin, Director for Analysis and Dissemination, Office for National Statistics, and Ben Humberstone, Deputy Director, Population Statistics, Office for National Statistics gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 13 May at 4.15 p.m.

Appendix Declaration of interests: 18 December 2012

REED, Steve (Croydon North)

Nil.

Declaration of Specialist Adviser interests: 17 July 2012 Dr Gillian Stamp Nil. Declaration of Specialist Adviser interests: 12 September 2012 Dr Jonathan Garton I have a formal connection with three universities, each of which is an exempt charity:

• Employed by the University of Warwick as an associate Professor and Reader; • Holds an unpaid honorary Senior Research Fellowship at the University of

Liverpool • Has a book contract with Oxford University Press.

Declaration of Specialist Adviser interests: 20 November 2012 Simon Briscoe I am a member of the RSS and the Society of Business Economists. I was on the executive of Straight Statistics and am a Trustee of Full Fact. I am deputy chair of the ESRC’s UK Data Service. I have no consultancies, relevant shareholdings, trade union or party political memberships, or trusteeships, etc which are relevant. Declaration of Specialist Adviser interests: 8 January 2013 Dr Gillian Stamp Nil.

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Formal Minutes of the Committee - UK Parliament