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Constitution Committee Publications

Constitution - Second Report

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 17 December 2002.


CONTENTS
  • Glossary
  • SECOND REPORT - SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION: DEVOLUTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
  • CHAPTER 1: ARRANGEMENTS FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
  • Informality and the reliance on goodwill
  • The role of the Joint Ministerial Committee
  • Concordats
  • The resolution of disputes
  • The broader dimensions of intergovernmental relations
  • CHAPTER 2: ARRANGEMENTS WITHIN THE UK GOVERNMENT
  • The Secretaries of State for the devolved areas of the UK and their Offices
  • The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
  • Relationships at the centre
  • CHAPTER 3: FINANCING DEVOLUTION
  • How the devolved bodies are financed
  • Financial and constitutional implications of the Barnett formula
  • Payments outside the scope of the Barnett formula
  • Reviewing the Barnett formula?
  • CHAPTER 4: INTER-PARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS
  • The scrutiny of intergovernmental relations
  • Legislating for Wales after devolution
  • Legislating for Scotland after devolution: the Sewel convention
  • Improving links between the UK's Parliaments and Assemblies
  • Lessons for Westminster from Holyrood, Cardiff Bay and Stormont?
  • CHAPTER 5: CROWN SERVICE: THE CIVIL SERVICE AFTER DEVOLUTION
  • Special advisers across the UK
  • One Civil Service or several?
  • CHAPTER 6: DEVOLUTION AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
  • The framework of relations between the devolved administrations and the EU
  • The transposition and implementation of EU obligations
  • Input into EU policy by the devolved administrations
  • CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSION
  • Appendix 1: Membership and Declarations of interest

    Appendix 2: Contact details

    Appendix 3: List of witnesses

    Appendix 4: Committee visits

    Appendix 5: Commissioned research papers



     
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