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HC 527 - The Armed Forces Covenant in Action Part 5: Military Casualties

By: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Defence Committee

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HC 527 - The Armed Forces Covenant in Action Part 5: Military Casualties

By: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Defence Committee

Although Armed Forces personnel have a lower rate of criminal offending than the general population, the rate for violent incidents is substantially higher, particularly amongst those who have previously been deployed in combat roles and those who misuse alcohol. The MoD needs to understand better the links between deployment, alcohol misuse and violent behaviour especially domestic violence. In particular, there has been no research as to the incidence of domestic violence amongst Armed Forces personnel. The Committee also found a 'shocking' backlog in the processing of claims for War Pensions and for the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. The Committee is concerned that the demand for support from the Defence Recovery Capability already exceeds supply. Veterans need more support navigating the overlapping bureaucracy of the health system. Despite assurances from the MoD and the Department of Health, the Committee is concerned that, as operations in Afghanistan and Iraq fade from the public's mind and personnel move on to other lives, the necessary long term support for those injured physically and psychologically will not be maintained. The MoD, in conjunction with the Health Service, has introduced some measures to support veterans with mental health problems and amputees but other conditions also require this focus. The MoD should monitor the results of its work and report the outcomes in its annual report on the Armed Forces Covenant.

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Review of Allowances

By: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Members Estimate Committee

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By: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Members Estimate Committee

This report starts with the Committee's top priority - improving public confidence in the House of Commons by better systems of financial assurance. The House must introduce a robust system of scrutiny for parliamentary allowances. It then sets out the six main categories in which Members' work is supported by the taxpayer: employment of staff; office costs; communicating with constituents and the public; travel; overnight costs; redundancy. In each section, the report describes the current system, proposals for change, experience elsewhere, and the views and advice received. Each section ends with the opinion of the Committee and recommendations for the House to decide. Recommendations include: members should no longer be able to claim reimbursement for furniture and household goods or for capital improvements; the Additional Cost Allowance would be replaced by an overnight expenses allowance of £19,600 a year for accommodation; £30 a day subsistence allowance without receipts, up to a maximum of £4,600 every year; MPs would have to provide receipts for all other expenses from 1 April next year (at the moment they can claim for items up to £25 without receipts).

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Revised Green Book and Audit of Members' Allowances

First Report of Session 2008-09; Report, Together with Formal Minutes

By: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Members Estimate Committee

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First Report of Session 2008-09; Report, Together with Formal Minutes

By: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Members Estimate Committee

This report from the Members Estimate Committee (HCP 142, session 2008-09, ISBN 9780215525857). contains a fully revised version of the Green Book and has made proposals for a more comprehensive system of audit and assurance for Members' allowances. The Green Book which sets out the rules on Members' allowances has been thoroughly revised with the help of independent external advisers: Keith Bradford nominated by the CBI and Kay Carberry nominated by the TUC. It includes: rules intended to ensure that Members are reimbursed only for costs properly incurred in the performance of their parliamentary duties; a list of principles which are to guide Members in making claims, such as that claims must only be for expenditure which was necessary for a Member properly to perform his or her parliamentary duties, and the requirement to ensure value for money; a requirement for receipts for any item exceeding £25. The audit proposals include the following: the House's external auditor (the National Audit Office) for the first time to conduct the audit on the same basis as for any other public body, examining evidence such as receipts; the House's Internal Audit service to have the same access to evidence as the external auditor, and to give a high priority to the audit of Members' allowances; a new Operational Assurance Unit within the House's Department of Resources to advise Members, maintain standards and ensure compliance with the rules; new arrangements for handling serious instances of non-compliance identified internally (ie reporting initially to the Members Estimate Audit Committee, which has external members).

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Review of past ACA payments

first report of session 2009-10, report, together with formal minutes

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Members Estimate Committee,Paul Sir Kennedy

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first report of session 2009-10, report, together with formal minutes

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Members Estimate Committee,Paul Sir Kennedy

A report that includes the final report from Sir Thomas Legg on the review of past payments to Members of Parliament of Additional Costs Allowance (the 'second home allowance'), and the report from Sir Paul Kennedy on his decisions on appeals from MPs against Sir Thomas' rulings.

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HC 321 - Respect Policy

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee on Standards

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HC 321 - Respect Policy

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee on Standards

Measures and policies to protect employees from bullying and harassment are a common way to ensure that employers fulfill their contractual obligations and their statutory duties to their employees: their existence does not mean that an employer has a problem. In June 2011 the House of Commons Commission agreed such a policy-the "Respect Policy"-to deal with possible bullying and harassment by Members or their staff towards House of Commons staff. That policy had two facets: an informal procedure and a more formal procedure. Although well intentioned, in practice there were at least two flaws in the formal part of the Respect Policy: investigations were undertaken by a House of Commons official, who might be considered to have an interest; and Members had no right of appeal if a complaint was upheld while staff could appeal if it was dismissed. The formal part of the procedure was therefore suspended in November 2012. In March 2014 the House of Commons Commission agreed a further draft of the revised Respect Policy and the unions considered that draft to be "a basis for an effective and proportionate policy". The Respect policy now has four stages, rather than two: stage one: internal resolution (issue raised and possible mediation), stage two: internal resolution (formal grievance meeting), stage three: Commissioner for Standards (consideration), stage four: Commissioner for Standards (investigation and possible referral to the Committee on Standards). The Committee is content for the House of Commons Commission to conclude an agreement with the unions based on the draft Respect Policy

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Information and communication technology services for members

second report of session 2006-07, report, together with formal minutes and written evidence

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Administration Committee

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second report of session 2006-07, report, together with formal minutes and written evidence

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Administration Committee

The Parliamentary Information and Communication Technology (PICT) was established in January 2006, bringing together ICT staff and other resources from across both Houses of Parliament into a unified organisation. The Committee's report focuses on those services provided for MPs and their staff, with the aim of ensuring that processes are put in place to enable Members' services to be delivered efficiently and to an agreed standard. Issues considered include: how ICT services are currently provided; best practice from comparable systems in universities and private sector franchises; the evolving use by MPs of ICT services; matters of concern to individual MPs including balancing issues of stability and flexibility, constituency provision, customer service and provision of equipment; and the provision of new ICT developments such as audio-conferencing, wireless and mobile computing.

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0215033965

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House of Commons - Finance and Services Committee: House of Commons Financial Plan 2014/15-2017/18, Including Draft Estimates for 2014/15 - HC 754

First Report of Session 2013-14, Report, Together with Formal Minutes

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Finance and Services Committee

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First Report of Session 2013-14, Report, Together with Formal Minutes

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Finance and Services Committee

On 20 March 2013 the House agreed changes to Standing Orders Nos. 144 and 152D that require the Members Estimate Committee to agree the Estimate for the House of Commons Members before it is laid by HM Treasury, and require the Finance and Services Committee to prepare that Estimate with the assistance of the Accounting Officer (the Clerk of the House). For the benefit of the House, this report summarises the evidence that has been considered by the Committee and sets out its provisional advice to the Commission and the Members Estimate Committee on the 2014/15 Estimates for Administration and Members respectively. This is the second year that the Committee has published such a report. On 8 November 2012 the House of Commons debated a motion to endorse the draft Administration Estimate for 2013/14, and it is the intention of the Committee to seek an opportunity for a similar debate this year

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Review of management and services of the House of Commons

By: Kevin Sir Tebbit,Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons Commission

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Review of management and services of the House of Commons

By: Kevin Sir Tebbit,Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons Commission

Following on from previous reports published in 1990 and 1999, this publication examines how the services to support the institution of the House of Commons and MPs are governed, managed and delivered. The objective of the report has been to respect the status and character of the House and to preserve the special qualities of the House Service, while seeking to build organisational and executive capacity and to promote effectiveness, accountability and value for money. Amongst the 56 conclusions and recommendations made, the report seeks to highlight the importance of an independent audit facility, including placing the chairmanship of the Audit Committee in the hands of an external Committee member and instituting a rolling programme of NAO value-for-money audits. It also recommends a revamped role for the Office for the Chief Executive, with responsibility for strategic planning; strengthening the position of the Finance and Services Committee to improve scrutiny of spending proposals and to support the governing role of the Commission; a centralised and professional human resources team to develop the House staff as a collective resource and to overcome the inefficiencies of the present personnel structure; and the creation of further joint Departments between the two Houses in the interests of reducing overhead costs and general efficiency.

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HC 527 - The Armed Forces Covenant in Action Part 5: Military Casualties

HC 527 - The Armed Forces Covenant in Action Part 5: Military Casualties

Review of Allowances

Review of Allowances

Revised Green Book and Audit of Members' Allowances

Revised Green Book and Audit of Members' Allowances

Review of past ACA payments

Review of past ACA payments

HC 321 - Respect Policy

HC 321 - Respect Policy

Information and communication technology services for members

Information and communication technology services for members

House of Commons - Finance and Services Committee: House of Commons Financial Plan 2014/15-2017/18, Including Draft Estimates for 2014/15 - HC 754

House of Commons - Finance and Services Committee: House of Commons Financial Plan 2014/15-2017/18, Including Draft Estimates for 2014/15 - HC 754

Review of management and services of the House of Commons

Review of management and services of the House of Commons

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