1854 | Northcote-Trevelyan Report on The Organisation of the Permanent Civil Service
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1928 | Treasury circular setting out the general principles governing the obligations and standards of conduct of civil servants
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December 1987 | Memorandum of Guidance on the Duties and Responsibilities of Civil Servants in relation to Ministers, issued by the Head of the Civil Service
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November 1994 | Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee report on The Role of the Civil Service, which called for a deliberately limited piece of legislation[132]
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January 1996 | Civil Service Code introduced, setting out responsibilities and duties of civil servants
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April 2003 | Committee on Standards in Public Life report Defining the Boundaries within the Executive: Ministers, Special Advisers and the Permanent Civil Service[133]
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December 2003 | Lord Lester of Herne Hill introduces private member's bill Executive Powers and Civil Service Bill[134]
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January 2004 | House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) report A Draft Civil Service Bill: Completing the Reform [135]
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November 2004 | Government White Paper A Draft Civil Service Bill: A Consultation Document[136], which the Lord Chancellor told the House of Lords Constitution Committee would form the template for the current legislation[137]
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January 2006 | Lord Lester of Herne Hill introduces private member's bill Constitutional Reform (Prerogative Powers and Civil Service etc.) Bill
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June 2007 | PASC report on Machinery of Government Changes[138]
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June 2007 | PASC report on The Business Appointment Rules[139]
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July 2007 | Government Green Paper The Governance of Britain[140] which committed the Government to bring forward "concise and focused" legislation on the civil service
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March 2008 | Government Constitutional Renewal White Paper and Draft Bill[141]
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June 2008 | PASC report Constitutional Renewal: Draft Bill and White Paper[142]
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240._In 17 clauses, Part 5 of the Draft Bill puts a statutory
framework around the civil service setting out its role, governance
and values; puts the Civil Service Commissioners on a statutory
footing; and sets out the historic principle of appointment on
merit on the basis of fair and open competition. Overall, the
civil service provisions in the Draft Bill have received overwhelming
support. Like our witnesses, we welcome the Government's intention
to put the civil service on a statutory footing. In this Chapter
we comment in more detail on the individual clauses and recommend
some improvements we would like to see made to the Draft Bill.