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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 18 June 2007.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Preface by Sir Kevin Tebbit
Summary
1 Introduction
2 Governance and Management

THE BRAITHWAITE PRESCRIPTION
House of Commons Commission
Finance and Services Committee
Domestic Committees
Clerk of the House and Board of Management
WHAT HAS HAPPENED: AN ASSESSMENT
House of Commons Commission
Finance and Services Committee
Audit Committee
Administration Committee
Clerk of the House/Chief Executive and Board of Management
Other Indicators of Performance
Increased Demands
Satisfaction Levels
ISSUES REMAINING AND THE WAY AHEAD
House of Commons Commission
Finance and Services Committee
Audit Committee
Administration Committee
Clerk of the House and Board of Management
THE CLIMATE FOR FURTHER CHANGE
OPTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
House of Commons Commission
Finance and Services Committee
Audit Committee
Administration Committee
Clerk of the House/Chief Executive
Office of the Chief Executive
Delegations
Performance Management
Role, Composition and Size of the Management Board
Non-Executive Directors
Management of Change

3 Finance and Resources

Financial Planning and Management
Financial Resources
Audit
Procurement
Human Resources

4 Estates and Works

Context
Braithwaite 2 Report and Findings
Implementation of Braithwaite 2
Current Problems and Deficiencies
Recommendations

5 Connecting Parliament with the Public

Modernisation Committee
Parliamentary Website
Parliamentary Roadshow and Outreach
New Voter's Guide
Other Modernisation Committee Proposals
Visitor Reception Building (VRB) and Parliamentary Visitor Information Centre (PVIC)
Central Press Office
Internet and Interactive Website
Changing the Organisational Structures
Communications Allowance

6 Services to Members

Clerk's Department
Library
Official Report (Hansard)
Serjeant at Arms Department
Department of Finance and Administration
Refreshment Department
Parliamentary Information and Communications Technology (PICT)
Services to Members' Staff

7 Working with the House of Lords
8 Grants to Inter-parliamentary Associations
9 Implementation
10 Recommendations

LIST OF ANNEXES
Annex 1: Current governance arrangements
Annex 2: Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures (2006)
Annex 3: The House of Commons Commission Strategic Plan 2006 - 2011
Annex 4: The Ibbs Report (1990)
Annex 5: The Braithwaite Report (1999)
Annex 6: MP's generic job description (2001)
Annex 7: Connecting Parliament with the Public — Recommendations of the Modernisation Committee (2004)
Annex 8: Resolution on Connecting Parliament with the Public (26/01/2005)
Annex 9: Ministry of Defence Balanced Scorecard (2005)
Annex 10: List of people seen during the review

© Parliamentary copyright 2007
Prepared 25 June 2007