Proceeding contribution from David Howarth (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 3 November 2009. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HC) and Debate on bill on Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill.
Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill
The Minister seems to be saying that this is now a principles-based Bill, as opposed to a rules-based Bill, but then the question is: what principle did the previous rule represent? The principle that the previous rule represented, it seems to me, was the principle that Ministers should respect the impartiality of the civil service. However, that principle is not in the Bill, and we have had to design a new clause to try to insert it. If that is not the principle that was involved, what principle was involved?
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- 2008-09
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- Staff Conditions of employment Codes of practice Courts Conduct Annual reports Civil servants Civil service Diplomatic service GCHQ Public appointments Ministers Peers Nationality Special advisers Reform Tribunals Treaties Migrant workers Scotland Senior civil servants Civil Service Commission
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- Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill 2008-09 to 2009-10
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