Decisions – 20 January 2014
Monday 20 January 2014 at 5.00 pm in Speaker's House
Present:
The Speaker, in the Chair
Sir Paul Beresford
Frank Doran
Angela Eagle
Mr Andrew Lansley (Leader of the House)
John Thurso
1. SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS RENEWAL PROGRAMME
The Commission considered a paper from the Parliamentary Security Director and agreed to take a final decision on the preferred approach for renewal of security arrangements at its February meeting.
2. CLOUD IMPLEMENTATION
The Commission took note of papers from the Director of Parliamentary ICT and the Parliamentary Security Director.
3. EMPLOYMENT MATTERS
The Commission was briefed on recent developments by the Director General, Human Resources and Change, the Director of Finance and Speaker's Counsel. The Commission welcomed progress on achieving full accreditation as a London Living Wage employer; agreed to offer all casual staff in Catering Services guaranteed minimum hours contracts, with a progress report at a future meeting; and asked for further information on the use of casual staff in other parts of the House Service.
4. SPEAKER'S COMMISSION ON DIGITAL DEMOCRACY
The Commission took note of a paper from the Director General, Information Services.
5. DIVERSITY UPDATE
The Commission took note of a paper from the Head of Diversity and Inclusion.
6. DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the Commission/MEC will take place on Monday 10 February at 5.00 pm in Speaker's House.