Research Briefing
Power2010
This note provides an overview of the Power inquiry in addition to the Power2010 campaign launched by Baroness Kennedy QC on 15 September 2009.
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Research Briefing
Members’ Allowances
On 22 January 2009, the House of Commons agreed to a new version of the Green Book, rules on Members' allowances and changes to the audit regime for Members' allowances. The new Green Book came into effect on 1 April 2009. This paper reviews developments that led to the revision of the Green Book; the background to changes made since it was published; and the decision by the Committee on Standards in Public Life to inquire into Members' expenses. See also Research Paper 09/61 which covers the Parliamentary Standards Bill.
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Research Briefing
The Departmental Select Committee System
On 25 June 1979 the House of Commons agreed to establish a new system of departmental select committees to scrutinise the expenditure, administration and policy of government departments. This paper briefly sets out the historical background to the departmental select committees system before charting their development over the last 30 years, considering evaluations made of the system and recent proposals for reform.
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Research Briefing
Members’ pay and allowances – a brief history
This note provides a very brief history of the evolution of Members' salaries and the main allowances available to support them in their parliamentary duties.
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Research Briefing
Members’ allowances – the Government’s proposals for reform
This note outlines the background to the CSPL inquiry and contrasts the Government's proposals for reforming the allowances' system with the conclusions reached by the MEC in its June 2008 Review of Allowances. It briefly notes some reaction and responses to the Government's proposals and gives details of the current amounts that Members can claim under the allowances.
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Research Briefing
Reforming Members’ allowances – a timeline
This note provides a timeline showing the developments relating to Members' allowances that have followed the Senior Salaries Review Body's Review of parliamentary pay, pensions and allowances 2007.
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Research Briefing
Members’ pay and allowances – arrangements in other parliaments
This Note sets out brief details of the system of pay and allowances in several European and Commonwealth countries, the European Union, and the House of Lords. It also includes information on the employment of relatives by Members of Parliament in other countries.
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Research Briefing
Members’ pay and the independent review process
This paper reviews the background to the introduction of the new mechanism for determining Members' pay and provides an overview of the developments in Members' pay since salaries were introduced in 1911.
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Research Briefing
Members’ allowances: decision of 16 July 2008 and the revised Green Book
On 3 July 2008, the House debated the Review of Allowances but on the 16th July the Opposition Day debate revisited the subject of Members' allowances. On 5 August 2008, the Leader and Deputy Leader of the House of Commons published a consultation document on the Audit and Assurance of MPs' Allowances.
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Research Briefing
Members’ salaries – implementing the Baker Review
On 24 January 2008, Members agreed that the 1996 resolution governing their salaries should cease to exist. No mechanism to replace it was considered. Instead, the House agreed with the Government that Sir John Baker, the retiring chairman of the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB), should be charged with finding a mechanism that would end the need for Members to vote regularly on their salaries.
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Research Briefing
The Whip’s Office
This Standard Note provides a brief history of the origins and role of the Government and Opposition Whips in the management of parliamentary business, and an overview of their current functions and duties.
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Research Briefing
Members’ pay and allowances – decisions of 3 July 2008
On 3 July 2008, the House of Commons debated a series of motions based on reports from Sir John Baker on their pay, and from the Members Estimate Committee on their allowances, in two separate debates This note briefly sets out the background to the debates, and then reviews the decisions that the House took. The decision taken on Members' home addresses is also set out.
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Research Briefing
Ministerial Salaries
This Standard Note sets out the background to and effect of the Ministerial and other Salaries Order 2008, which was laid before both Houses of Parliament in draft on 2 June 2008.
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Research Briefing
In Brief: Members’ pay
This note briefly reviews the background to Sir John Baker's review, outlines his conclusions and the Government's response to them. It does not consider the question of Members' allowances, which are currently being reviewed by the Members Estimate Committee.
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Research Briefing
Religious Hatred: Attempts to legislate 2001-2005
Religious hatred. By Lucinda Maer. SN/PC/3189.
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