Schedule 3: The Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission
Membership
- Paragraph 1 provides that the Estimates Commission will consist of four members: two members from the House of Commons ("Commons members"), and two members from the House of Lords ("Lords members"). The appointment of a member to the Estimates Commission will not have effect until it is confirmed by a resolution of the House from which the relevant member is drawn. A Government Minister, a Parliamentary member of the Sponsor Body, or a director of the Delivery Authority cannot be a member of the Estimates Commission.
Removal from office
- Paragraph 2 provides for the circumstances in which a person would cease to be a member of the Estimates Commission.
Procedure etc.
- Paragraph 3 provides that the quorum for meetings of the Estimates Commission is one Commons member and one Lords member. Subject to that, sub-paragraph (2) allows the Estimates Commission to regulate its own procedures.
- Paragraph 4 provides that the Estimates Commission cannot make payments or incur expenditure.
Freedom of information
- Paragraph 5 provides that the Estimates Commission is to be treated as a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This means that the Estimates Commission will have to introduce a publication scheme explaining how it intends to handle the information in its possession, as well as being obliged to consider requests for information in accordance with the provisions of that Act.
