Former Chief Executive of Independant Parliamentary Standards Authority questioned

• Parliament TV: House of Commons Governance
• House of Commons Governance Committee

Witnesses

Thursday 27 November 2014, Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster

At 10.00am

• Andrew McDonald, former Chief Executive, Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

At 10.30am

• Steve O’ Connor, Director of Technology, PICT (Parliamentary Information and Communications Technology)
• Tom O’ Leary, Head of Public Engagement and Learning
• Richard Tapner-Evans, Director of Catering
• Martin Trott, Head of Continuous Improvement at Parliament

At 11.00am

• Dr Emma Crewe, Principal Investigator, Parliamentary Effectiveness Research Programme, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, SOAS, University of London
• Andrew Kennon, Clerk of Committees
• David Vere, Director of People Development

Purpose of the session

In the first panel the Committee hears from an experienced Civil Servant about the skills and expertise of a Chief Executive, along with an understanding of operating in a parliamentary context.

In the second panel senior managers from four different parts of the House Service give their views on governance and related issues.

The final panel, with senior staff and an academic who has extensively studied Parliament, focuses on issues on staff development.

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