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Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee

{{Short description|UK House of Commons select committee}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee (PACAC), formerly known as the Public Administration Select Committee, is a committee appointed by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Its primary role is to scrutinize reports from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, monitor the quality of administration in civil service departments, and examine issues relating to the civil service and constitutional affairs. The committee primarily focuses on matters in England and Wales but also considers broader constitutional and administrative issues affecting the United Kingdom.

PACAC plays a vital role in ensuring transparency, accountability, and efficiency in public administration and governance. Its inquiries often address key concerns about the functioning of government institutions, public service delivery, and the implementation of constitutional principles.

The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee, previously known as the Public Administration Select Committee, is a committee designated by the British House of Commons. Its purpose is to scrutinize reports from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, address issues pertaining to the quality of administration delivered by civil service departments, and explore various matters concerning the civil service, primarily in England and Wales, as well as constitutional affairs.

It is the principal select committee to which Cabinet Office ministers are accountable and thus handles pre appointment and accountability hearings for independent officers, with an independent civil society or cross departmental role, such as the First Civil Service Commissioner, the chair of the UK Statistics Authority and the chair of the Charity Commission.

The committee chooses its own subjects of inquiry, within its overall terms of reference; however, it seeks evidence from a wide variety of individuals and groups with relevant interests and experience. The members of the committee are elected by their peers from any political party, and the committee itself mainly publishes its results through reports and making its recommendations known to the government.{{cite web|title=Public Administration Select Committee - role|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/public-administration-select-committee/role/|work=parliament.uk|access-date=24 June 2013}}

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:{{cite web|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/327/public-administration-and-constitutional-affairs-committee/membership/|title=Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee|work=UK Parliament|access-date=31 October 2024}}

class="wikitable"

! width="160px" colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

! width="160px" valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Simon Hoare MP (Chair)

| Conservative

| North Dorset

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Richard Baker MP

| Labour

| Glenrothes and Mid Fife

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Markus Campbell-Savours MP

| Labour

| Penrith and Solway

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Charlotte Cane MP

| Liberal Democrats

| Ely and East Cambridgeshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Sam Carling MP

| Labour

| North West Cambridgeshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Lauren Edwards MP

| Labour

| Rochester and Strood

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Peter Lamb MP

| Labour

| Crawley

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| John Lamont MP

| Conservative

| Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Richard Quigley MP

| Labour

| Isle of Wight West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Luke Taylor MP

| Liberal Democrats

| Sutton and Cheam

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Michelle Welsh MP

| Labour

| Sherwood Forest

=Changes since 2024=

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! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

nowrap | 6 January 2025

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| John Grady MP (Labour)

| Glasgow East

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Sam Carling MP (Labour)

| North West Cambridgeshire

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-01-06/debates/2B3B133D-9BD3-4775-8131-AAABC91E7B86/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

2019–2024 Parliament

The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-01-29/debates/AD4CDEB6-5C98-4172-A664-7A6CD4DA1E2E/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=29 January 2020 |volume= 670 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-03-02/debates/8B6DDBB3-CECD-4960-99B3-C2DF8913083F/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=2 March 2020 |volume= 672 }}

class="wikitable"

! colspan=2| Member

! Party

! Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| William Wragg MP (chair)

| Conservative{{efn|Whip suspended from 9 April 2024 until resignation as chair.}}

|Hazel Grove

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

| Ronnie Cowan MP

| SNP

| Inverclyde

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Jackie Doyle-Price MP (chair)

| Conservative

|Thurrock

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Chris Evans MP

| Labour and Co-op

| Islwyn

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Rachel Hopkins MP

| Labour

| Luton South

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| David Jones MP

| Conservative

| Clwyd West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| David Mundell MP

| Conservative

| Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP

| Labour

| Brighton Kemptown

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Tom Randall MP

| Conservative

| Gedling

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Karin Smyth MP

| Labour

| Bristol South

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| John Stevenson MP

| Conservative

| Carlisle

{{notelist}}

=Changes 2019-2024=

class="wikitable"

! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
and Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
and Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

21 September 2020

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Chris Evans MP (Labour and Co-op)

| Islwyn

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Navendu Mishra MP (Labour)

| Stockport

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-09-21/debates/B3AB8465-5383-4289-998E-3D7C3103C038/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

22 February 2021

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Navendu Mishra MP (Labour)

| Stockport

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| John McDonnell MP (Labour)

| Hayes and Harlington

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-02-22/debates/5EACC1A5-061C-4EB7-B74F-8262E6BB2EFE/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

17 May 2022

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Rachel Hopkins MP (Labour)

| Luton South

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Beth Winter MP (Labour)

| Cynon Valley

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-05-17/debates/2943EB31-98D9-431A-AE57-85B07748277F/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

21 November 2022

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|David Mundell MP (Conservative)

|Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

| →

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Damien Moore MP (Conservative)

|Southport

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-11-21/debates/35BF4B21-65F0-4644-9540-781FF24C14D5/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

6 December 2022

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Jackie Doyle-Price MP (Conservative)

|Thurrock

| →

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Jo Gideon MP (Conservative)

|Stoke-on-Trent Central

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-12-06/debates/FFA086B6-EAEC-4360-8CA6-20DAA56E825A/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

15 April 2024

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

|William Wragg MP (Chair, Independent)

|Hazel Grove

|→

|colspan=3|Vacant

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-04-15/debates/03497044-F339-44CD-9B35-4D7430578697/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement Hansard]

8 May 2024

|colspan=3|Vacant

|→

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Jackie Doyle-Price MP (Chair, Conservative)

|Thurrock

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-05-08/debates/A8DFCE72-0CB2-4710-8624-954F12D905EF/Finance(No2)Bill Hansard]

2017–2019 Parliament

The election of the chair took place on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-07-12/debates/B69EAA32-33CE-4783-800B-62543260ECB7/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=12 July 2017 |volume= 627 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-09-11/debates/B9157055-C055-42AE-90D8-44B5F94F0959/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=11 September 2017 |volume= 628 }}

class="wikitable"

! colspan=2| Member

! Party

! Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Bernard Jenkin MP (Chair)

| Conservative

| Harwich and North Essex

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

| Ronnie Cowan MP

| SNP

| Inverclyde

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Paul Flynn MP

| Labour

| Newport West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Marcus Fysh MP

| Conservative

| Yeovil

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Cheryl Gillan MP

| Conservative

| Chesham and Amersham

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Kelvin Hopkins MP

| Labour

| Luton North

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Rupa Huq MP

| Labour

| Ealing Central and Acton

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| David Jones MP

| Conservative

| Clwyd West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Sandy Martin MP

| Labour

| Ipswich

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| David Morris MP

| Conservative

| Morecambe and Lunesdale

=Changes 2017-2019=

class="wikitable"

! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
and Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
and Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

15 January 2018

| colspan=3 | New seat

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Sarah Champion MP (Labour)

| Rotherham

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-01-15/debates/02040C5E-543C-4334-80F4-3A039235C321/PublicAdministrationAndConstitutionalAffairsCommittee Hansard]

4 June 2018

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Sarah Champion MP (Labour)

| Rotherham

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Tulip Siddiq MP (Labour)

| Hampstead and Kilburn

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-06-04/debates/052A9CD8-E742-4632-80D4-2293535294E3/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

17 February 2019

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Paul Flynn MP (Labour)

| Newport West

| →

| colspan=3 | Vacant

| Death of member{{cite news |title=Tributes as Newport West Labour MP Paul Flynn dies aged 84 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-47274312 |access-date=23 June 2022 |work=BBC News |date=18 February 2019}}

25 February 2019

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Sandy Martin MP (Labour)

| Ipswich

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Eleanor Smith MP (Labour)

| Wolverhampton South West

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-02-25/debates/21978B9B-8D8E-482B-A903-4129AC527016/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

2015–2017 Parliament

The election of the chair took place on 18 June 2015, with the members of the committee being announced on 6 July 2015.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker's Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-06-18/debates/15061885000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=18 June 2015 |volume= 597 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-07-06/debates/1507071000003/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=6 July 2015 |volume= 598 }}

class="wikitable"

! colspan=2| Member

! Party

! Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Bernard Jenkin MP (Chair)

| Conservative

| Harwich and North Essex

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

| Ronnie Cowan MP

| SNP

| Inverclyde

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Oliver Dowden MP

| Conservative

| Hertsmere

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Paul Flynn MP

| Labour

| Newport West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Cheryl Gillan MP

| Conservative

| Chesham and Amersham

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Kate Hoey MP

| Labour

| Vauxhall

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Kelvin Hopkins MP

| Labour

| Luton North

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| David Jones MP

| Conservative

| Clwyd West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Gerald Jones MP

| Labour

| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Tom Tugendhat MP

| Conservative

| Tonbridge and Malling

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Andrew Turner MP

| Conservative

| Isle of Wight

=Changes 2015-2017=

class="wikitable"

! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
and Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
and Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

rowspan=3 | 31 October 2016

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Oliver Dowden MP (Conservative)

| Hertsmere

| rowspan=3 | →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Marcus Fysh MP (Conservative)

| Yeovil

| rowspan=3 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-10-31/debates/0F9B8D86-F329-4109-A397-1D7815051C88/JusticeCommittee Hansard]

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| David Jones MP (Conservative)

| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Adam Holloway MP (Conservative)

| Gravesham

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Tom Tugendhat MP (Conservative)

| Tonbridge and Malling

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Dan Poulter MP (Conservative)

| Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

19 December 2016

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Adam Holloway MP (Conservative)

| Gravesham

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| John Stevenson MP (Conservative)

| Carlisle

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-12-19/debates/53221542-1AE0-4046-AD64-AA90A0347846/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

2010-2015 Parliament

The election of the chair took place on 10 June 2010, with the members of the committee being announced on 12 July 2010.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100712/debtext/100712-0004.htm#1007131000004 |house=House of Commons |date=10 June 2010 |volume= 511 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker's Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-06-10/debates/10061031000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=12 July 2010 |volume= 513 }}

class="wikitable"

! colspan=2| Member

! Party

! Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Bernard Jenkin MP (Chair)

| Conservative

| Harwich and North Essex

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Kevin Brennan MP

| Labour

| Cardiff West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Nick de Bois MP

| Conservative

| Enfield North

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Michael Dugher MP

| Labour

| Barnsley East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Charlie Elphicke MP

| Conservative

| Dover

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Paul Flynn MP

| Labour

| Newport West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Robert Halfon MP

| Conservative

| Harlow

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Greg Mulholland MP

| Liberal

| Leeds North West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Charles Walker MP

| Conservative

| Broxbourne

=Changes 2010-2015=

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! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
and Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
and Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

rowspan=2 | 26 July 2010

| colspan=3 rowspan=2 | New seat

| rowspan=2 | →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| David Heyes MP (Labour)

| Ashton-under-Lyne

| rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2010-07-26/debates/10072645000006/Committees Hansard]

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Jon Trickett MP (Labour)

| Hemsworth

nowrap | 2 November 2010

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Jon Trickett MP (Labour)

| Hemsworth

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Lindsay Roy MP (Labour)

| Glenrothes

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101102/debtext/101102-0004.htm#1011036000005 Hansard]

17 January 2011

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Kevin Brennan MP (Labour)

| Cardiff West

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Kelvin Hopkins MP (Labour)

| Luton North

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110117/debtext/110117-0004.htm#1101183000005 Hansard]

9 May 2011

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Charles Walker MP (Conservative)

| Broxbourne

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Alun Cairns MP (Conservative)

| Vale of Glamorgan

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110509/debtext/110509-0003.htm#11050950000004 Hansard]

5 December 2011

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Nick de Bois MP (Conservative)

| Enfield North

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Priti Patel MP (Conservative)

| Witham

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm111205/debtext/111205-0004.htm#11120537000004 Hansard]

10 December 2012

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Michael Dugher MP (Labour)

| Barnsley East

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Steve Reed MP (Labour Co-op)

| Croydon North

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121210/debtext/121210-0003.htm#12121037000007 Hansard]

4 November 2013

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Charlie Elphicke MP (Conservative)

| Dover

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Andrew Turner MP (Conservative)

| Isle of Wight

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131104/debtext/131104-0003.htm#13110416000001 Hansard]

11 November 2013

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Steve Reed MP (Labour)

| Croydon North

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Sheila Gilmore MP(Labour)

| Edinburgh East

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131111/debtext/131111-0004.htm#13111214000006 Hansard]

12 May 2014

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Alun Cairns MP (Conservative)

| Vale of Glamorgan

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Cheryl Gillan MP (Conservative)

| Chesham and Amersham

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140512/debtext/140512-0004.htm#1405138000005 Hansard]

12 May 2014

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Robert Halfon MP (Conservative)

| Harlow

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Adam Holloway MP (Conservative)

| Gravesham

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140512/debtext/140512-0004.htm#1405138000005 Hansard]

23 June 2014

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Priti Patel MP (Conservative)

| Witham

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Nigel Evans MP (Conservative)

| Ribble Valley

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140623/debtext/140623-0004.htm#1406244000006 Hansard]

Reports

A March 2004 report considered the prerogative powers of Ministers.{{cite web|title=Taming the Prerogative: Strengthening Ministerial Accountability to Parliament|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmpubadm/422/422.pdf|website=House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee|access-date=26 November 2022|page=5|date=4 March 2004}}

A major report published in July 2011 addressed procurement of Information Technology by the government and found there was an over-reliance "on a small 'oligopoly' of large suppliers", which some witnesses before the Committee had described as a 'cartel'.House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee, [https://books.google.com/books?id=9-PWY4bG66UC Government and IT - "a recipe for rip-offs": time for a new approach], Volume 1, page 3, published 28 July 2011, accessed 30 July 2021 An independent comment given prominence in the report described the UK as "a world leader in ineffective IT schemes for government".Dunleavy, P., Margetts, H., Tinkler, J., and Bastow, S. (2006), Digital Era Governance: IT corporations, the state, and e-government, Oxford University Press.p. 70, quoted in Government and IT - "a recipe for rip-offs": time for a new approach, Volume 1, page 6 The Office of Fair Trading investigated but did not find sufficient evidence either to confirm that suppliers had been acting in breach of competition law, or to exonerate them.Feaster-Gee, T., Kilduff, D., [https://web.archive.org/web/20210515182718/https://www.walkermorris.co.uk/publications/parting-shot-oft-regarding-supply-ict-public-sector// Parting shot from OFT regarding supply of ICT to the public sector], Walker Morris, published 16 April 2014, archived 15 May 2021, accessed 15 November 2022 The government welcomed "the Committee's interest in and support for government Information and Communication Technology" and in response noted in particular that the government was "in the process of breaking the contractual lock-in which places the majority of ICT business with a small group of major systems integrators", and "working to improve the quality of its ICT management information".UK Government, [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61163/PASC-Further-Report-Government-Response-FINAL-270312-2.pdf Memorandum to the Public Administration Select Committee. Government Response to the Public Administration Select Committee’s report: Government and IT – "a recipe for rip-offs": time for a new approach: Further Report, with the Government Response to the Committee’s Twelfth Report of Session 2010 - 12], March 2012, accessed 26 November 2022

Reports published in 2021 include The role and status of the Prime Minister’s Office, published in June 2021.UK Parliament, [https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/6187/documents/68925/default/ The role and status of the Prime Minister’s Office], published 9 June 2021, accessed 30 July 2021

In 2022 the committee reported on government ethics. Committee chair William Wragg stated a "robust" system was needed to uphold standards "with proper sanctions for those who break the rules". The committee was also concerned the government maintained its coming ethics adviser would not look into what happened round Suella Braverman's resignation. MP's on the committee stated the government should not be able to decide what the adviser, not yet appointed, could investigate. In its report, the committee also stated there should be legal action against former ministers who broke rules through taking certain jobs after leaving officed. Former ministers should look for advice from the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments but ministers cannot be made to accept this committee's advice.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63825127 Suella Braverman reappointment sets dangerous precedent - MPs] BBC The record of the current government was strongly criticised. The committee want the ethics adviser to be able to carry out inquiries into historical behaviour.[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/02/suella-braverman-sunak-return-dangerous-precedent-commons-committee Braverman return sets ‘dangerous precedent’, says Commons committee] The Guardian

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External links

  • [https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/327/public-administration-and-constitutional-affairs-committee/ Public Administration Select Committee] page on UK Parliament website
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