Public Administration - Fifth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 7 July 2004.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
1 OUR
APPROACH
Marking service to the community
What are honours for?
A history of re-invention
The Government's approach
2 THE
BENEFITS OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM AND THE CASE AGAINST CHANGE
3 CRITICISM
OF THE CURRENT HONOURS SYSTEM
Objections to the honours system: distribution
The treatment of state servants
Lack of diversity
"Window-dressing", stardust and
the cult of celebrity
Objections to the present honours system:
process and format
A poorly-understood anachronism?
Imperial elaboration—"For God
and the Empire"
"Hang on, I wonder how they got an honour?":
civil servants, ministers and the honours machinery
A lack of transparency
Titles and the House of Lords
A system that is not "joined-up"
4 OPTIONS
FOR REFORM
Proposals for limited change
Proposals for radical change
The end of Empire?
Ending titles
More independence and diversity in the selection
process.
Increasing transparency
5 CONCLUSIONS
Ministers and patronage: the need
for more transparency and independence
A system that lacks clarity and accessibility
Rewarding excellence? Favoured treatment
for some state servants
Failing to support public service reform
An anachronism
Options for change
6 A
REFORMED HONOURS SYSTEM
The Orders for state servants: no automatic
awards
The Order of the British Empire
Titles and levels of award
An independent system for making recommendations
Clearer criteria and more recognition for
local service
The role of Parliament
Reaching out: encouraging diversity and raising
awareness
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ANNEX: STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT
FORMAL MINUTES
WITNESSES
LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE
LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE INCLUDED IN THE
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
LIST OF UNPRINTED WRITTEN EVIDENCE
REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
SELECT COMMITTEE SINCE 2001
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 212-II)
THE HONOURS SYSTEM: AN ISSUES AND QUESTIONS PAPER - VOLUME II (HC 212-II)
WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 212-II)
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