Ministerial statement on Monday, 7 December 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Liam Byrne.

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Statement on "Putting the Frontline First: Smarter Government White Paper" (Cm 7753).

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 502 c29-39
Session: 2009-10
Department: Treasury
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Putting the frontline first: smarter government.
Monday, 7 December 2009
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House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Justine Greening | 502 c36 (Link to this contribution) The Chief Secretary has talked about reducing senior civil service costs by 20 per cent. by 2012-13....; Liam Byrne | 502 c36 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, we hope to achieve most of our cost savings through voluntary redundancy, natural wastage...; Liam Byrne | 502 c35-6 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman knows that in the British administration a great deal of flexibility is given to,...; Michael Fallon | 502 c35 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister said this morning that in health, schools, policing and social services, there ha...; Liam Byrne | 502 c36 (Link to this contribution) There are obviously some complicated parts of public administration in this country. For example, th...; Geraldine Smith | 502 c36 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that my right hon. Friend is looking to scrap or rationalise 123 quangos for starters...; Liam Byrne | 502 c34-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman's welcome for at least some of these measures. I think that the...; Vincent Cable | 502 c34 (Link to this contribution) Much of the statement is uncontroversial and, indeed, blindingly obvious. Let me start with the effi...; Liam Byrne | 502 c35 (Link to this contribution) May I put on the record my personal thanks to my hon. Friend for his work in not only championing ne...; Graham Allen | 502 c35 (Link to this contribution) Does the Chief Secretary agree that some of the biggest public expenditure is on late intervention a...; Liam Byrne | 502 c37 (Link to this contribution) If we want to grow our economy in the years to come, we have to make sure that we have strong public...; Stewart Hosie | 502 c37 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister, both for the statement and for giving us early sight of it. Some of the measur...; Liam Byrne | 502 c37 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right and, as I said, I am particularly grateful to Sir Michael Bichard and public...; Andrew Miller | 502 c37 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend reflect on the exchange that took place earlier today about disability liv...; Lord Cormack | 502 c37 (Link to this contribution) Will the Chief Secretary do me a very great favour? Will he read an account of Britain after 12 year...; Liam Byrne | 502 c36-7 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question. ... The answer is that there is no European or o...; Andrew Mackinlay | 502 c36 (Link to this contribution) The Chief Secretary will remember—and you will, too, Mr. Speaker—that about six weeks ago, I asked h...; Liam Byrne | 502 c33 (Link to this contribution) I shall be brief in my reply, Mr. Speaker. That was an extraordinary response. The hon. Member for R...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 502 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Chief Secretary for letting me have a copy of his statement in advance—not that...; Speaker | 502 c33 (Link to this contribution) Order. May I say for future reference that the response from the Opposition Front-Bench spokesman wa...; Liam Byrne | 502 c29-31 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement on "Putting the Frontline First: smar...; Brian Jenkins | 502 c38 (Link to this contribution) I am very pleased that my right hon. Friend has decided to keep standards at the top of his agenda a...; Liam Byrne | 502 c38 (Link to this contribution) There are two ways in which we can exert greater popular pressure to push up standards in front-line...; Rob Wilson | 502 c38 (Link to this contribution) Neither in the statement nor in the earlier urgent question has the Minister made it clear how much ...; Liam Byrne | 502 c38 (Link to this contribution) I would need to check the date of the figure that was published by the NAO. The basic point is that,...; Gordon Prentice | 502 c38 (Link to this contribution) Will not the smarter state end up looking very stupid if we outsource, sell off or transfer to the p...; Liam Byrne | 502 c38 (Link to this contribution) I do not have quite the same apoplectic vision of public service reform as my hon. Friend. Sometimes...; Peter Bone | 502 c38-9 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether the Chief Secretary has been watching too much of "Bargain Hunt", but it is cl...; Liam Byrne | 502 c39 (Link to this contribution) We will certainly explore options for commercialising our stakeholding in Urenco, yes.; Rob Marris | 502 c39 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement, but I urge him to go a little further in respect of quan...; Liam Byrne | 502 c39 (Link to this contribution) I think I can promise that. The final report from the review of arm's length bodies will be publishe...; Liam Byrne | 502 c37 (Link to this contribution) Sometimes I am forced to read the words of Quentin Letts, but I tend to avoid it when I can.
Subjects: Cost effectiveness Administration Assets Costs Civil service ICT Government departments Public sector Standards Sales Senior civil servants Departmental coordination Arms length bodies
Contains statistics: Yes
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