Ministerial statement on Monday, 23 March 2015, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Maude of Horsham.

Government Efficiency and Reform

Statement on Government savings from efficiency and reform.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 594 cc1137-1146
Session: 2014-15
Department: Cabinet Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Maude of Horsham | 594 cc1138-9 (Link to this contribution)
With permission, I would like to make a statement on Government savings from efficiency and refor...; Lucy Powell | 594 cc1139-1140 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the right hon. Gentleman for advance sight of his statement. His statement today has a li...; Lord Maude of Horsham | 594 cc1140-1 (Link to this contribution)
I am very sorry that the hon. Lady has been so mean-minded about this. She has cast some unworthy...; Lord Beith | 594 c1141 (Link to this contribution)
Why has the rigorous challenge that the coalition Government have had to make to the way in which...; Lord Maude of Horsham | 594 c1141 (Link to this contribution)
Let me say to my right hon. Friend, as we both enter our last week in the House of Commons, that,...; Kelvin Hopkins | 594 c1141 (Link to this contribution)
The Treasury’s problems are, above all, about income, not expenditure. There is a gap of £120 bil...; Lord Maude of Horsham | 594 c1141 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is completely mistaken if he believes that there is a direct linear relationsh...; Lord Herbert of South Downs | 594 c1142 (Link to this contribution)
May I congratulate my right hon. Friend and parliamentary neighbour, who has done a superb job in...; Lord Maude of Horsham | 594 c1142 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s kind comments, and I also hugely appreciate that he and ...; John Healey | 594 c1142 (Link to this contribution)
This was a swansong statement, if I may say so, which largely looked backwards rather than forwar...; Lord Maude of Horsham | 594 c1142 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with every part of what the right hon. Gentleman says except the last part, but I am grat...; Andrew Bridgen | 594 c1142 (Link to this contribution)
As my right hon. Friend has stated, public sector productivity flatlined between 1997 and 2010, b...; Lord Maude of Horsham | 594 c1143 (Link to this contribution)
Productivity has improved dramatically. Like for like, the civil service is 21% smaller, yet I do...; Wayne David | 594 c1143 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with what the Minister has said about extending digitisation in government, but what is h...; Lord Maude of Horsham | 594 c1143 (Link to this contribution)
That is a very good point. When the now Baroness Lane-Fox reported to me at the very beginning of...; Anne Main | 594 c1143 (Link to this contribution)
I am so pleased to hear that we are protecting public services while cutting down the cost of gov...; Lord Maude of Horsham | 594 c1143 (Link to this contribution)
Aneurin Bevan once said:
“Why look into the crystal ball when you can read the book?”; Paul Flynn | 594 c1143 (Link to this contribution)
Why has there been no reform of the continuing parliamentary scandals of cash for access to polit...; Lord Maude of Horsham | 594 c1143 (Link to this contribution)
I cannot imagine a greater contribution to that reputation than the hon. Gentleman going on about...; Lord Benyon | 594 c1144 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend can leave the House knowing that he has done an outstanding job in reforming...; Lord Maude of Horsham | 594 c1144 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes a really good point, and there is much more that we can do. For example, we ...; Duncan Hames | 594 c1144 (Link to this contribution)
It is three years to the day since the Minister took up my invitation to visit Ark Data Centres i...; Lord Maude of Horsham | 594 c1144 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is completely right. The digitisation of services is sometimes seen as just a pret...; Andrew Stephenson | 594 c1144 (Link to this contribution)
As this is probably my right hon. Friend’s last statement in the House, may I thank him for the n...; Lord Maude of Horsham | 594 c1144 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend. The public service mutuals programme is important. There are now...; Lord Robathan | 594 c1145 (Link to this contribution)
In my right hon. Friend’s swansong—I commend him for it and for his five years’ work, saving mone...; Lord Maude of Horsham | 594 c1145 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend should not assume that this is my swansong. Although it is my last week in t...; David Nuttall | 594 c1146 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement and for the work he has done, saving taxpayers bil...; Lord Maude of Horsham | 594 c1146 (Link to this contribution)
I understand what my hon. Friend says. The studies that have been done on machinery of government...; Matthew Offord | 594 c1146 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his statement. Many of us recall my hon. Friend the Member...; Lord Maude of Horsham | 594 c1146 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend. This has been a long process and it is fair to say that the furt...
Subjects: Cost effectiveness Buildings Land ICT Government departments Procurement Electronic government
Contains statistics: Yes
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Government Efficiency and Reform

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