This Lords Library briefing provides a short summary of the recommendations of the Strathclyde Review and a snapshot of initial reaction to it.

This Lords Library briefing provides a short summary of the recommendations of the Strathclyde Review and a snapshot of initial reaction to it.

I. Letter dated 22/12/2015 from Lord Freud to Peers regarding issues raised at the Committee stage of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill. 3 p. II. Table showing the costs of income-related working age support (excluding housing / Council Tax support). 1 p.

I. Letter dated 22/12/2015 from Lord Freud to Peers regarding issues raised at the Committee stage of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill. 3 p. II. Table showing the costs of income-related working age support (excluding housing / Council Tax support). 1 p.

Letter dated 21/12/2015 from Earl Howe to Baroness Jolly regarding the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR)and the planned reduction in Ministry of Defence civil servants. 3 p.

Letter dated 21/12/2015 from Earl Howe to Baroness Jolly regarding the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR)and the planned reduction in Ministry of Defence civil servants. 3 p.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he will respond to the submissions to his Department's consultation, Parking reform: tackling unfair practices, of March 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he will respond to the submissions to his Department's consultation, Parking reform: tackling unfair practices, of March 2015.

My Right Honourable friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Matthew Hancock) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

Achievements of the 2010-15 Public Bodies Reform Programme

In May 2010, the Coalition Government committed to review public bodies, with the aim of increasing accountability for actions carried out...

My Right Honourable friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Matthew Hancock) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

Achievements of the 2010-15 Public Bodies Reform Programme

In May 2010, the Coalition Government committed to review public bodies, with the aim of increasing accountability for actions carried out...

My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

Today, I am launching a public consultation on reforming the governance structure of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). The consultation proposals form part of the government’s continuing programme...

My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

Today, I am launching a public consultation on reforming the governance structure of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). The consultation proposals form part of the government’s continuing programme...

Achievements of the 2010-15 Public Bodies Reform Programme

In May 2010, the Coalition Government committed to review public bodies, with the aim of increasing accountability for actions carried out on behalf of Government. The 2010-15 Public Bodies Reform programme delivered the biggest reform of the public bodies in a generation.

Its...

Achievements of the 2010-15 Public Bodies Reform Programme

In May 2010, the Coalition Government committed to review public bodies, with the aim of increasing accountability for actions carried out on behalf of Government. The 2010-15 Public Bodies Reform programme delivered the biggest reform of the public bodies in a generation.

Its...

Today, I am launching a public consultation on reforming the governance structure of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). The consultation proposals form part of the government’s continuing programme of policing reforms, including changes to the police complaints and disciplinary systems.

Public confidence in the police is the basis for our...

Today, I am launching a public consultation on reforming the governance structure of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). The consultation proposals form part of the government’s continuing programme of policing reforms, including changes to the police complaints and disciplinary systems.

Public confidence in the police is the basis for our...

Public bodies 2015. 25 p.

Public bodies 2015. 25 p.

To ask the Leader of the House, what plans he has to reform timetabling of private members' bills; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Leader of the House, what plans he has to reform timetabling of private members' bills; and if he will make a statement.

I. An independent review of the governance arrangements of the Independent Police Complaints Commission. 77 p. II. Reforming the Independent Police Complaints Commission: structure and governance. A public consultation. 15 p.

I. An independent review of the governance arrangements of the Independent Police Complaints Commission. 77 p. II. Reforming the Independent Police Complaints Commission: structure and governance. A public consultation. 15 p.

Urgent question on Government plans to reform the support for victims of contaminated blood.

Urgent question on Government plans to reform the support for victims of contaminated blood.

(Urgent Question): To ask the Minister responsible for public health to make a statement on Government plans to reform the support for victims of contaminated blood.

(Urgent Question): To ask the Minister responsible for public health to make a statement on Government plans to reform the support for victims of contaminated blood.

I recognise that I committed in earlier debates to consulting on proposals to reform the current payment schemes before the end of the year. Despite our best efforts to meet that commitment, we are unfortunately not ready to publish the consultation before the recess. However, I confirm today that it...

I recognise that I committed in earlier debates to consulting on proposals to reform the current payment schemes before the end of the year. Despite our best efforts to meet that commitment, we are unfortunately not ready to publish the consultation before the recess. However, I confirm today that it...

Mr Speaker, your decision to grant this urgent question is recognition of the long campaign for justice for this group of people, and it is appreciated by everyone who has been involved. I am, however, disappointed that I have had to ask for an urgent question. On three occasions, Ministers...

Mr Speaker, your decision to grant this urgent question is recognition of the long campaign for justice for this group of people, and it is appreciated by everyone who has been involved. I am, however, disappointed that I have had to ask for an urgent question. On three occasions, Ministers...

I thank the hon. Lady for her response. Of course I understand the disappointment that we are not able to consult before the end of the year, but I informed her and her colleagues who came to the meeting on, I think, 5 November, that it was unlikely that we...

I thank the hon. Lady for her response. Of course I understand the disappointment that we are not able to consult before the end of the year, but I informed her and her colleagues who came to the meeting on, I think, 5 November, that it was unlikely that we...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson), with whom I co-chaired the all-party group on haemophilia and contaminated blood in the previous Parliament, on securing the urgent question. May I, too, press the Minister to please use the valuable data in the all-party group’s report?...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson), with whom I co-chaired the all-party group on haemophilia and contaminated blood in the previous Parliament, on securing the urgent question. May I, too, press the Minister to please use the valuable data in the all-party group’s report?...

My hon. Friend, who has campaigned long and hard on this issue, is right to reiterate the importance of the views given in that report. I confirm that they have already informed our thinking about how we go forward, as indeed have the views of many colleagues on all sides...

My hon. Friend, who has campaigned long and hard on this issue, is right to reiterate the importance of the views given in that report. I confirm that they have already informed our thinking about how we go forward, as indeed have the views of many colleagues on all sides...

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. I pay tribute to all the Members of this House who have been a strong voice for the victims of contaminated blood, but in particular to my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) who has been...

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. I pay tribute to all the Members of this House who have been a strong voice for the victims of contaminated blood, but in particular to my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) who has been...

As I have already said, I of course regret the delay. This is a very complex area. I appreciate the tone with which the shadow public health Minister responded, because, as he said, Governments of all colours have not turned to this issue. We have turned to the issue and...

As I have already said, I of course regret the delay. This is a very complex area. I appreciate the tone with which the shadow public health Minister responded, because, as he said, Governments of all colours have not turned to this issue. We have turned to the issue and...