House of Commons - Lessons from the process of Government formation after the 2010 General Election - Political and Consitutional Reform Committee

Political and Consitutional Reform Committee - Fourth Report
Lessons from the process of Government formation after the 2010 General Election

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 20 January 2011.

Contents

2 Constitutional Rules and Conventions

The First Opportunity to Form a Government

When should a Prime Minister resign?

Appointment of the Prime Minister

3 Practical aspects of government formation

Timing

The role of the civil service and the Cabinet Secretary

4 The Programme for Government

Status of the coalition agreement

Internal Party Processes

5 Pre-election and post-election activity

Background

Name of convention

Defining restrictions

Restrictions in practice

Pre-election contact between the civil service and opposition politicians

6 The Cabinet Manual

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of printed written evidence

List of additional written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence

Virtual Written Evidence

Virtual Evidence PDF Version