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Reform of the House of Commons: Decisions taken on 22 February and 4 March 2010

Monday, 08 March, 2010

On 22 February 2010 the House of Commons held a general debate on the report of the Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons, Rebuilding the House. This Note outlines the motions, that were based on recommendations in the Committee's report, that the House agreed to on 22 February and also on 4 March 2010, when those motions objected to on 22 February were put to the House again with selected amendments.
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Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill: Committee stage report

Thursday, 25 February, 2010

There were some significant amendments during the Committee Stage of this Bill. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority was given control over setting Members' pay and pensions by amendments to the Parliamentary Standard Act 2009. There is to be a new Compliance Officer to investigate alleged misuse of Members' allowances; amendments would ensure that all MPs and peers would be liable to UK taxes; there would be a referendum on whether to adopt the Alternative Vote by 31 October 2011; and a new requirement on Returning Officers to begin election counts four hours after a general election poll closes.
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The Report of the Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons, Rebuilding the House

Friday, 19 February, 2010

On 10 June 2009 the Prime Minister announced that the Government would support a proposal from Tony Wright, the Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee, to establish a time-limited committee on reform of the House of Commons. The Committee published its report on 24 November. This Note examines the prposals made in the Committee's report and progress made in implementing them.
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Establishment of the Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons

Monday, 25 January, 2010

On 20 July 2009, the day before it rose for the summer recess, the House of Commons agreed to establish the 18-member Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons. This note outlines the evolution of the Committee's terms of reference in addition to discussing the Committee's report, published on 24 November 2009.
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PIL: Timeline of House of Commons Responses to the Iraq War

Thursday, 25 June, 2009
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MPs’ allowances and FoI requests

Monday, 22 June, 2009

This Standard Note sets out details of the major FoI requests made to the House of Commons since the introduction of the right to make individual requests in January 2005. It also describes the actions taken by the House of Commons in response to the requests and subsequent decisions by the Information Commissioner, the Information Tribunal and the High Court.
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The Departmental Select Committee System

Monday, 15 June, 2009

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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Members’ allowances: decision of 16 July 2008 and the revised Green Book

Tuesday, 20 January, 2009

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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Members’ pay and allowances – decisions of 3 July 2008

Monday, 14 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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Deferred divisions

Thursday, 26 June, 2008

This note discusses the procedure and history of deferred divisions.
Research Briefing

In Brief: Members’ pay

Wednesday, 18 June, 2008

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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Members’ allowances – reporting requirements

Wednesday, 02 April, 2008

This note charts the developments in relation to reporting requirements for Members' allowances.
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Additional Costs Allowance

Monday, 03 March, 2008

This note charts the evolution of the Additional Costs Allowance since its introduction in January 1972.
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The Tebbit Review of Management and Services of the House of Commons

Tuesday, 26 February, 2008

This note looks at the detailed recommendations of the Tebbit Review in the House of Commons, the response by the House of Commons Commission and subsequent implementation. There is also background on how the Administration of the House has changed since 1978 and some comparative information on the devolved parliamentary administrations.
Research Briefing

Election Statistics: UK 1918-2007

Friday, 01 February, 2008

This paper has been superseded by Research Paper 12/43, UK Election Statistics: 1918-2012.

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