Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 24,81 MB
Release : 2010-03-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780215544902
Fourteenth report of Session 2009-10 : Documents considered by the Committee on 10 March 2010, report, together with formal Minutes
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 34,23 MB
Release : 2011-02-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780215556301
Fourteenth report of Session 2010-11 : Documents considered by the Committee on 19 January 2011, including the following recommendations for debate, EU Citizenship; financial management, report, together with formal Minutes
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Welsh Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 12,64 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780215542991
Work of the Committee 2008-09 : Third report of session 2009-10, report, together with formal Minutes
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 19,26 MB
Release : 2014-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0215071875
The National Policy Statement on National Networks, published in draft for consultation (ISBN 9780108560071), sets out the policy against which decisions will be made on applications for development consent for nationally significant infrastructure projects on the strategic road and rail networks. The Committee has a number of detailed recommendations to improve the draft. The NPS should specify more types of transport scheme which the Government thinks are needed, such as enhancements to the rail network to promote east-west connectivity; better road and rail connections to ports and airports and to parts of the country which are currently not well served by those networks; and schemes to promote regional economic development. Criticisms of the DfT's road and rail demand forecasts should be addressed. Estimates of the impact on UK carbon emissions of building more road infrastructure are needed. Adverse impacts of major transport schemes on localities should be set out. The NPS should make explicit reference to the desirability of connecting HS2 to the classic rail network. Promoters of roads schemes must look to improve road safety (including for cyclists and pedestrians). The Government is seeking to accommodate increasing demand for roads by building more infrastructure rather than seeking to manage demand. Investment in the road network will require new funding streams, a challenge that must be addressed. However, a consensus would be required to introduce any road user charging scheme across the strategic road network as an alternative to road taxation.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 21,21 MB
Release : 2012-09-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780215048387
On cover and title page: House, committees of the whole House, general committees and select committees
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 48,59 MB
Release : 2006-01-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780215027047
Fourteenth report of Session 2005-06 : Documents considered by the Committee on 11 January 2006, including, Exchange of information between law enforcement authorities, report, together with formal Minutes
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Welsh Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 13,26 MB
Release : 2011-04-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780215559111
Additional written evidence is contained in Vol. 2, available on the Committee website at www.parliament.uk/welshcom
Author : Katja S Ziegler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 815 pages
File Size : 49,4 MB
Release : 2015-10-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 1509902007
The UK's engagement with the legal protection of human rights at a European level has been, at varying stages, pioneering, sceptical and antagonistic. The UK government, media and public opinion have all at times expressed concerns about the growing influence of European human rights law, particularly in the controversial contexts of prisoner voting and deportation of suspected terrorists as well as in the context of British military action abroad. British politicians and judges have also, however, played important roles in drafting, implementing and interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights. Its incorporation into domestic law in the Human Rights Act 1998 intensified the ongoing debate about the UK's international and regional human rights commitments. Furthermore, the increasing importance of the European Union in the human rights sphere has added another layer to the relationship and highlights the complex relationship(s) between the UK government, the Westminster Parliament and judges in the UK, Strasbourg and Luxembourg. The book analyses the topical and contentious issue of the relationship between the UK and the European systems for the protection of human rights (ECHR and EU) from doctrinal, contextual and comparative perspectives and explores factors that influence the relationship of the UK and European human rights.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 40,60 MB
Release : 2012-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780215042910
While DFID's total budget is increasing, the Department will both restrict operating costs to 2% by 2014-15 and reduce its administrative costs by a third in real terms, from £128 million in 2010-11 to £94 million by 2014-15. This report warns that capping operational costs and staff numbers may not reduce overall costs or improve effective delivery of development assistance. The International Development Committee also raises concerns that cost pressures are driving DFID to use consultants to deliver its programmes, rather than in-house expertise. The Department spends £450 million on technical cooperation per year. Much of this is good work, yet it was unclear exactly what this money was spent on, or how effective it was and the extent to which external providers were used. DFID needs to improve its assessment of which projects and services it should use consultants for; and assess more carefully the use of consultants to manage the Department's own delivery programmes. In its efforts to reduce administrative spending DFID might be 'exporting' these costs to other organisations, including NGOs and multilateral aid organisations, with higher real administration costs. The Department should assess the best and most effective way to deliver development assistance as it may be able to do it more cheaply and effectively than external organisations. The report recommends that the Department improves its tracking of and reporting on the total cost of administering its aid programme with the aim of quantifying how much aid actually ends up reaching recipients.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,10 MB
Release : 2010-03-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780215544995
This report examines whether the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) governance and budgeting arrangements are fit for purpose and whether it understands the serious implications of reprioritising projects after committing to them. The Committee identifies the serious consequences of failings in the governance and budgetary processes. Even using the MoD' own, over-optimistic estimates the defence budget is unaffordable by some £6 billion. The exact size of the gap is dependent on the assumptions made about future funding, but the gap could easily be £36 billion. Intentional decisions to delay some projects have increased total procurement costs and represent economies of the short term and overall are poor value for money on the specific projects affected, the report said. The decisions were taken as part of a wider package to try to make the defence programme affordable over the next few years. They account for two thirds of the £1 billion of cost increases on projects in the last year. Crucially, they mean the Armed Forces will not get the operational benefits of new capabilities as quickly as expected. Decisions to delay projects, change requirements and reduce the numbers of equipments being procured adversely affect the MoD's ability to secure value for money from its commercial partners. The MoD is in the strongest negotiating position with industry before it places a contract. Slowing projects down once started almost inevitably increases their costs and takes pressure off contractors to become more efficient.
