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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

House of Commons Governance Committee - publications

Inquiry by the House of Commons Governance Committee, 6 October 2014 to 6 October 2014. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 21 October 2014: Lord Browne of Madingley, Government Lead Non-Executive Board Member, Sir Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, and Rt Hon Peter Riddell, Director, Institute for Government, gave evidence.
  • 23 October 2014: Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst MP, Chair, Administration Committee, Rt Hon John Thurso MP, Chair, Finance and Services Committee, and Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP, Chair, Liaison Committee, gave evidence.
  • 4 November 2014: Dame Janet Gaymer DBE QC, external member and acting Chair, Barbara Scott, external member, and Alex Jablonowski, former external member, House of Commons Management Board; Rt Hon Mr David Blunkett MP, Rt Hon Mr Peter Hain MP, Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP, and Mr Bernard Jenkin MP
  • 6 November 2014: David Natzler, Acting Clerk of the House, Myfanwy Barrett, Director of Finance, and Andrew Walker, Director General of Human Resources and Change, gave evidence.
  • 11 November 2014: Rt Hon William Hague MP, Leader of the House of Commons; Rt Hon Angela Eagle MP, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons; Sir Paul Beresford MP, Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell MP, Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP and Nigel Mills MP
  • 18 November 2014: Mr Frank Doran MP, Rt Hon Andrew Lansley MP and Rt Hon Sir George Young MP; John Manzoni and Michael Whitehouse.
  • 20 November 2014: Robin Fell, Principal Doorkeeper; Lawrence Ward, Serjeant at Arms; Marianne Cwynarski, Head of Central Communications, House of Commons; Paul Evans, Clerk of the Journals; Oonagh Gay, Senior Library Clerk; Ken Gall, President of the Trade Union Side; Dave Penman, General Secretary, FDA.
  • 25 November 2014: David Beamish, Clerk of the Parliaments; The Rt Hon. the Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, Shadow Leader of the House of Lords; The Rt Hon. the Lord Laming, Convenor of the Crossbench Peers; Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan MP; Mr Barry Sheerman MP; Rt Hon Keith Vaz.
  • 26 November 2014: John Borley, Director General of Facilities; Sir David Higgins, Chair of HS2 and former Chief Executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority
  • 27 November 2014: Andrew McDonald, former Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority; Steve O' Connor, Director of Technology, PICT; Richard Tapner-Evans, Director of Catering Services; Tom O'Leary, Head of Public Engagement and Learning for Parliament; Martin Trott, Head of Continuous Improvement; Andrew Kennon, Clerk of Committees; David Vere, Director of People Development; Dr Emma Crewe, Principal Investigator, Parliamentary Effectiveness Research Programme, SOAS, University of London.
  • 2 December 2014: Sir Malcolm Jack KCB; Sir William McKay KCB, Sir Roger Sands KCB, Rt Hon Dame Margaret Beckett MP, Rt Hon Andrew Tyrie MP
  • 3 December 2014: Sir Robert Rogers KCB
  • 4 December 2014: Rt Hon Lord Judge, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales; Sir Kevin Tebbit, KCB CMG and David Orr, external member of the Restoration and Renewal Programme Board.