Liaison - First Report
Legacy Report

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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 11 March 2015.

Contents

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Terms of Reference

1 Overview

2 The Prime Minister's oral evidence to the Liaison Committee

Liaison Committee as guarantor

3 Directly-elected chairs

Support for chairs

4 Making a positive impact on Whitehall

Measuring effectiveness

5 Going digital

Social media and public engagement

Planning for how we communicate with the media and the public

6 Linking with the House

Pre-appointment hearings

Financial scrutiny  

Scrutiny of legislation

Post-legislative scrutiny

EU Scrutiny

7 Powers

Training for committee members

Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards

Virtual meetings

Informal activities

8 Attendance

Size and number of committees

Support for committees

9 Best committee practice

10 Conclusions

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex A: Themes covered with the Prime Minister in this Parliament

Annex B: Examples of good committee practice

Annex C: Parliamentary Commissions—Note by the Chair of the Treasury Committee and former Chair of the PCBS, Andrew Tyrie MP

Annex D: Legacy reports published this session by select committees

Formal Minutes

Published written evidence  

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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Prepared 24 March 2015