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| | (a) | none of the following may be a member of the committee— |
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| | (i) | the First Minister or any person designated to exercise |
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| | functions of the First Minister; |
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| | (ii) | a Welsh Minister appointed under section 48; |
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| | (iii) | the Counsel General or any person designated to |
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| | exercise the functions of the Counsel General; |
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| | (iv) | a Deputy Welsh Minister; |
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| | (b) | the committee must not be chaired by an Assembly member |
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| | who is a member of a political group with an executive role.”.’ |
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| | Amendment of Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866 |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866 is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | In section 13(1) after “applies”, insert “, subject to section 15A,”. |
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| | (3) | In section 14 at the beginning insert “Subject to section 15A”. |
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| | (4) | In section 15(1) after “applies”, insert “, subject to section 15A,”. |
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| | (5) | After section 15 insert— |
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| | “15A | Authorisation by relevant committee of the House of Commons |
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| | Notwithstanding any Act of Parliament or Resolution of the House of |
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| | Commons, the Auditor and Comptroller-General shall not grant any |
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| | credit to the Treasury under this Act unless he is satisfied that a relevant |
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| | committee of the House of Commons has examined and approved the |
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| | expenditure concerned for the relevant year,”’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The purpose of the following provisions is to further strengthen Parliamentary |
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| | control and supervision of the expenditure of public money, and for promoting |
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| | economy, efficiently, effectiveness and probity in the use of such money by |
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| | government departments and other authorities and organisations.’. |
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| Clause 51, page 24, line 45, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | After subsection 5(2) insert new subsection— |
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| | “(2A) | The Treasury shall direct the government department to publish online |
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| | resource accounts containing the following information in respect of a |
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| | designated body under section (4A)— |
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| | (a) | total annual expenditure; |
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| | (b) | headcount including agency and part-time workers; |
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| | (c) | costs per head of office space; |
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| | (d) | expenditure on consultants; and |
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| | (e) | such other relevant information as may from time to time be |
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| | required by Resolution of the House of Commons.”’. |
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| Clause 51, page 24, line 45, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | After subsection 5(2) insert— |
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| | “(2A) | The Treasury shall direct the government department to publish online |
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| | resource accounts which must contain the names and remuneration of all |
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| | employees earning more in the relevant year than the annual salary of the |
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| Clause 51, page 24, line 45, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | After subsection 5(2) insert— |
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| | “(2A) | The Treasury shall publish online any existing online information system |
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| | used for recording details of all departmental expenditure.”’. |
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| New Clauses Relating to Part 8 |
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| | Publicly funded bodies annual report |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Minister for the Civil Service must publish and lay before Parliament an |
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| | annual report on publicly funded bodies. |
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| | (2) | The Minister for the Civil Service may publish separate reports covering publicly |
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| | funded bodies that have a relationship with the Scottish Executive or the Welsh |
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| | Assembly. Before publishing these separate reports the Minister must consult the |
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| | First Minister for Scotland or the First Minister for Wales (as the case may be). |
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| | (3) | Publicly funded bodies to be included in the annual report are those bodies subject |
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| | to the code of conduct for publicly funded bodies. |
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| | (4) | Such a report must include but is not limited to— |
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| | (a) | details of last five years of government funding; |
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| | (b) | details of last five years of expenditure; |
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| | (c) | details of staff numbers over the last five years; |
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| | (d) | details of staff costs over the last five years. |
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| | (5) | The First Minister for Scotland must lay before the Scottish Parliament any report |
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| | under subsection (2) that covers publicly funded bodies that have a relationship |
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| | with the Scottish Parliament. |
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| | (6) | The First Minister for Wales must lay before the National Assembly for Wales |
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| | any report under subsection (2) that covers publicly funded bodies that have a |
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| | relationship with the National Assembly for Wales.’. |
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| | Transparency of government expenditure |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Minister for the Civil Service must publish and lay before Parliament a report |
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| | on central government expenditure. |
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| | (2) | The Minister for the Civil Service may publish separate reports detailing central |
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| | government expenditure in Scotland and Wales. Before publishing these separate |
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| | reports the Minister must consult the First Minister for Scotland or the First |
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| | Minister for Wales (as the case may be). |
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| | (3) | Such a report must include but is not limited to— |
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| | (a) | the salaries of the 35,000 most senior civil servants; |
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| | (b) | detailed organograms, job descriptions and staff numbers for all central |
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| | government departments, agencies and publicly funded bodies; |
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| | (c) | every item of central government expenditure over £25,000; |
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| | (d) | government tender documents for contracts worth over £10,000. |
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| | (4) | The information contained in such a report must also be concurrently published |
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| | in a publicly accessable format on the internet. |
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| | (5) | The First Minister for Scotland must lay before the Scottish Parliament any report |
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| | under subsection (2) that covers publicly funded bodies that have a relationship |
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| | with the Scottish Parliament. |
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| | (6) | The First Minister for Wales must lay before the National Assembly for Wales |
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| | any report under subsection (2) that covers publicly funded bodies that serve the |
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| | National Assembly for Wales.’. |
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| | Government financial information |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | After subsection 5(2), insert new subsection— |
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| | “(2A) | The Treasury shall direct the government department to publish online |
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| | resource accounts containing the following information in respect of that |
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| | (a) | total annual expenditure; |
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| | (b) | headcount including agency and part-time workers; |
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| | (c) | costs per head of office space; |
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| | (d) | expenditure on consultants; and |
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| | (e) | such other relevant information as may from time to time be |
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| | required by Resolution of the House of Commons.”’. |
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| | Government spending website |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | After section 11 insert— |
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