Author: Canada. Office of the Auditor GeneralPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Report of the Audit of the House of Commons Administration
Author: Canada. Office of the Auditor GeneralPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
HC 341 - House of Commoons Commission - Thirty-seventh Report of the Commission and Annual report of the Audit Committee
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons CommissionPublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 0215086120
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Review of management and services of the House of Commons
Author: Kevin Sir TebbitPublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 0215034767
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
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.
HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMISSION
Author: House of Commons Commission
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons CommissionPublisher:
ISBN: 9780215560841
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
House of Commons Commission : Thirty-third report of the Commission, and annual report of the Administration Estimate Audit Committee, financial Year 2010/11
House of Commons Procedure and Practice
Author: Canada. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1216
Book Description
This reference book is primarily a procedural work which examines the many forms, customs, and practices which have been developed and established for the House of Commons since Confederation in 1867. It provides a distinctive Canadian perspective in describing procedure in the House up to the end of the first session of the 36th Parliament in Sept. 1999. The material is presented with full commentary on the historical circumstances which have shaped the current approach to parliamentary business. Key Speaker's rulings and statements are also documented and the considerable body of practice, interpretation, and precedents unique to the Canadian House of Commons is amply illustrated. Chapters of the book cover the following: parliamentary institutions; parliaments and ministries; privileges and immunities; the House and its Members; parliamentary procedure; the physical & administrative setting; the Speaker & other presiding officers; the parliamentary cycle; sittings of the House; the daily program; oral & written questions; the process of debate; rules of order & decorum; the curtailment of debate; special debates; the legislative process; delegated legislation; financial procedures; committees of the whole House; committees; private Members' business; public petitions; private bills practice; and the parliamentary record. Includes index.
Twenty-seventh Report of the House of Commons Commission
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons CommissionPublisher:
ISBN: 9780215025234
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
The Commission is the overall supervisory body of the House of Commons Administration, which prepares and lays before the House the estimates for the House of Commons Service. This body has four key tasks: to support the House and its committees; to support individual MPs and their staff; to provide information and access to the public; and maintaining the heritage of buildings, objects and documents. This annual report outlines its activities for the financial year 2004-05 in carrying out its four key tasks, as well as discussing future plans.
Audit, Accountability and Government
Author: Fidelma WhitePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198262329
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This text explains the constitutional purpose and significance of audit, and aspects of accountability in the British system of government. It suggests that audit delivers managerial accountability. It explains the basic concepts of accounting and audit, and sets audit in its historical context.
Review of the National Audit Office's corporate governance
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Accounts CommissionPublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215513625
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
This report presents John Tiner's "Review of the National Audit Office's corporate governance". The head of the National Audit Office, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), is an Officer of the House of Commons appointed by the Queen, and is completely independent of Government and enjoys complete discretion over the discharge of his functions. The current C&AG has put in place a number of governance processes, but in their effectiveness these fall short of what is currently best practice. The NAO must remain independent, but work within systems of governance that are consistent with best practice, and follow relevant auditing and professional standards. The main proposals are: (1) the NAO should be formed as a body corporate with a governing board comprising a majority of independent non executive directors. Its main functions should be to set the strategy of the Office, support and oversee the work of the C&AG, ensure the Office conducts its business in an economic, efficient and effective way and satisfy itself that the systems of governance and internal controls operate effectively and to the highest standards. (2) The Chief Executive (the C&AG) should have complete personal discretion as to the audit judgements he reaches and the presentation of those judgements to the Public Accounts Committee and other committees of Parliament as may be necessary. (3) Both the Chairman and Chief Executive of the NAO Board would be appointed by the Queen on a motion from the House of Commons. The Chairman and the other non-executives should be appointed for a term of 3 years renewable once. The Chief Executive should be appointed for a fixed term of 8 years which cannot be renewed.
Twenty-sixth Report of the House of Commons Commission
Author: Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons CommissionPublisher:
ISBN: 9780215018120
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
The Commission is the overall supervisory body of the House of Commons Administration, which prepares and lays before the House the estimates for the House of Commons Service. This body has four key tasks: to support the House and its committees; to support individual MPs and their staff; to provide information and access to the public; and maintaining the heritage of buildings, objects and documents. This annual report outlines its activities for the financial year 2003-04 in carrying out its four key tasks, as well as discussing future plans. The report also includes the fourth annual report of the House of Commons Audit Committee.