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| Author | : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Committee of Selection |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 4 |
| Release | : 2007-05-03 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9780104010631 |
Lists the Lords that have been proposed to serve as members of the Joint Committee on the draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill
| Author | : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee |
| Publisher | : The Stationery Office |
| Total Pages | : 80 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780215524263 |
BAA opened Heathrow's fifth terminal for business on 27 March, after six years of construction at a cost of £4.3bn, on time and within budget. Passengers had been promised a "calmer, smoother, simpler airport experience". Multiple problems, however, meant that on the first day of operation alone, 36,584 passengers were frustrated by the 'Heathrow hassle' that Terminal 5 (T5) had been designed to eliminate. Problems were experienced with the baggage system, car parking, security searches and aspects of the building itself. When the baggage system failed, luggage piled up to such an extent that it was transported by road to be sorted off-site. According to British Airways, 23,205 bags required manual sorting before being returned to their owners. The Committee finds that most of these problems were caused by one of two main factors: insufficient communication between owner and operator, and poor staff training and system testing. The Committee was pleased to find that steps were being taken at all levels to address the problems at the source of T5's problems, and BAA, British Airways and the union Unite are working together to make Terminal 5 a success.
| Author | : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Committee |
| Publisher | : The Stationery Office |
| Total Pages | : 28 |
| Release | : 2008-01-23 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9780215038326 |
work of the Committee In 2007 : First report of session 2007-08, report, together with formal Minutes
| Author | : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee |
| Publisher | : The Stationery Office |
| Total Pages | : 418 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780215524034 |
Although road accident deaths have halved between 1958 and 2007 whilst the number of licensed motor vehicles and vehicle mileage covered increased by 400 per cent, the current rate of 3,000 deaths and 250,000 injuries is still an unacceptably high level. Road accidents are the largest single cause of death for people between the ages of 5 and 35 in Britain, and road accidents cost our economy some £18 billion each year. The number of deaths and injuries on roads far outweighs the deaths and injuries in other transport modes, and should be viewed as a major public health problem. The Government should establish a British Road Safety Survey to track overall casualty and safety trends, and review current methods for recording road-traffic injuries. The Committee recommends a systems approach to road safety: ensuring the vehicle, the road infrastructure, regulations and driver training are designed to similar safety and performance standards. Other recommendations include: more 20 mph speed limits; a more proactive approach to determining the safety benefits of new vehicle technologies; action on young drivers - who represent a disproportionate risk to road users - and vulnerable users: motorcyclists, elderly and child pedestrians and cyclists, horse riders; a higher priority given to enforcement of drink-drive and drug-drive offences. The Committee recommends the establishment of an independent Road Safety Commission with powers to work across the whole of government, ensuring that a high priority and adequate resources are given to road safety and that all government departments and agencies give active support. The Government should also establish a road accident investigation branch, like those in aviation, rail and marine.
| Author | : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee |
| Publisher | : The Stationery Office |
| Total Pages | : 136 |
| Release | : 2007-08-03 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780215035813 |
The draft Local Transport Bill consists of a package of measures intended to promote stronger joint working between local authorities and bus operators, to support the introduction of local road pricing schemes and to enable changes to be made to local transport governance. This report follows the structure of the draft Bill. Although the remarks are related to specific clauses some of the recommendations have a more general application. Included with the report is consideration of the Transport Innovation Fund, which is closely linked to congestion and the draft Bill. The Committee is however unhappy that at the end of their inquiry the Secretary of State announced further consultation on parts of the Bill related to the powers and status of the traffic commissioners on reform of the Bus Service Operators' Grant and transitional arrangements for quality contract schemes.
| Author | : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee |
| Publisher | : The Stationery Office |
| Total Pages | : 114 |
| Release | : 2013-03-22 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9780215055378 |
| Author | : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee |
| Publisher | : The Stationery Office |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 2008-01-22 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780215038289 |
A Culture, Media and Sport Committee's oral evidence session on the BBC annual report and accounts 2006-07 was followed up with some written questions. The Committee has concerns about the structure and content of the BBC reply to those questions. In particular it is not clear why the BBC Trust takes different views on transparency of employee costs and on transparency of talent (presenters or actors etc) costs, and why grouping of payments in bands for one but not the other presents data protection or breach of confidence issues. The Committee also questions why viewing figures for BBC3 are given in three-minute reach figures rather than the standard 15-minute reach used throughout the annual report, and why the BBC3 figures excluding repeats of BB1 programmes were not provided. On Freesat, a joint venture to provide a national satellite-based free-to-view digital service, the failure to disclose the contribution of the licence-fee payer is held to be unreasonable. The Committee would like greater clarity about who speaks for the BBC: the Trust or Executive. Future responses should make clear where accountability lies for particular issues, and the BBC should take a more constructive approach to responding to Parliamentary scrutiny.
| Author | : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee |
| Publisher | : The Stationery Office |
| Total Pages | : 68 |
| Release | : 2007-07-19 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0215035232 |
Novice drivers (those with less than three years driving experience) are among the most vulnerable drivers on our roads, particularly in the first year after passing their test, with one research study finding that nearly one fifth of new drivers were involved in at least one crash within one year of passing their tests. The Committee's report examines a number of options designed to create a more structured approach to learning to drive, in order to help reduce road deaths and injuries amongst novice drivers and the victims of their inexperience. Options include establishing a minimum learning period; graduated driver licensing so that there might be a restriction on driving at night for a certain period after passing a test or a limit on the car engine size allowed; and driver education schemes designed to influence people at a young age to address the development of over-confident attitudes. It also considers the role of the insurance industry and measures to make traffic law enforcement more effective, particularly for disqualified and unlicensed drivers. Recommendations include: i) the introduction of a minimum 12-month learning period, thereby establishing the minimum age for holding a full driving licence at 18 years, in line with most European countries; ii) the need to evaluate the enforceability of two blood alcohol concentration limits, one for novice drivers and one for the general driving populations; iii) the need for further research to understand the scale and nature of the crash involvement of novice drivers, as distinct from young drivers; and iv) reforming the driver training and testing framework including a mandatory continuous professional development programme for all driving instructors.
| Author | : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee |
| Publisher | : The Stationery Office |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 2008-01-30 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9780215513335 |
Work of the Committee In 2007 : Fourth report of session 2007-08, report, together with formal Minutes
| Author | : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee |
| Publisher | : The Stationery Office |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780215529589 |
This report investigates: the governance of the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide; the activities of BBC Worldwide, including programme sales, production, magazines and websites; BBC Worldwide's acquisition of Lonely Planet; and the possible partnership between BBC Worldwide and Channel 4. There are major benefits from the BBC undertaking commercial activities: the profits generated by the exploitation of the BBC's intellectual property can be reinvested in the BBC's public services, to the benefit of licence fee payers. But the manner in which some of the BBC's commercial revenue is generated, and the governance arrangements within which the BBC Worldwide operates, causes increasing concern. Worldwide has proved successful in recent years in exploiting new commercial opportunities, made possible by a loosening of the rules that govern the limits to its operations. However, there a balance to be drawn between Worldwide generating a return for the BBC, and limiting Worldwide's operations in order to ensure it upholds the BBC's reputation and does not damage its commercial competitors. Worldwide's minority stakes in overseas production companies, its controversial acquisition of Lonely Planet, and its growing portfolio of magazines, suggest that the balance has been tipped too far in favour of Worldwide's unrestricted expansion, jeopardising the reputation of the BBC and having an adverse impact on its commercial competitors. It is in the interests of the UK's creative economy as a whole that BBC Worldwide's activities are reined back. The BBC Trust should reinstate the rule that all BBC commercial activity must have a clear link with core BBC programming.
