The Foundation is seeking a candidate to fill the position
of Public Appointment on the Board of Governors.
Published in Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, Matthews and Flinders focus on the parliamentary scrutiny
of public appointments in the UK and reveals how select committees have accrued increasing powers to challenge ministerial appointments and how this has resulted in a series of unintended consequences that raise critical concerns regarding the overall added - value of pre-appointment scrutiny.
The Council appointments have been made in accordance with the requirements of the Code of the Commissioner
for Public Appointments.
The government is expected to defer activity such as «taking or announcing major policy decisions; entering into large / contentious procurement contracts or significant long - term commitments; and making some
senior public appointments and approving Senior Civil Service appointments, provided that such postponement would not be detrimental to the national interest or wasteful of public money».
Quoting figures from
the Public Appointments Commissioner's Annual Report, Tim Montgomerie recently highlighted the worsening under - representation of Conservatives on public bodies.
Our research on the politics of
public appointments has revealed the way in which such changes spill over and stimulate demands for similar reforms elsewhere, and the potential therefore exists that this «double - locking» will prompt calls for further limits on ministerial powers of re-appointment.
Through our research we found that, since being granted these formal powers, select committees have emerged as influential actors in
the public appointments process, resulting in a recalibration of the balance of power between government and parliament.
The rest of the panel is filled out by Antonia Romeo, former director of criminal justice at the Ministry of Justice, who oversaw justice secretary Chris Grayling's chaotic privatisation of the probation service, and Dame Anne Pringle,
a public appointment assessor nominated by the commissioner for public appointments.
The appointments were conducted and agreed in accordance with the Code of Practice issued by the Office of the Commissioner for
Public Appointments (OCPA) and were made on merit; political activity played no part in the decision - making process.
«It is unusual for a Select Committee to find itself unable to support the government's preferred candidate for
a public appointment.
His public appointments included governor of the BBC (1981 - 83); trustee of the Tate Gallery (1978 - 85) and director of Scottish Opera (1988 - 93).
In keeping with rules to ensure that
public appointments are made on merit, a No 10 statement said the City financier had declared «no political activity» over the last five years.
If
a public appointment had really taken place, then there would be invoices from the Muir Russell Review Group to the University of East Anglia, instead of, as seems to be the case here, invoices directly from Geoffrey Boulton, Luther Pendragon etc to the UEA.
And will show that the UEA's attempt to claim Muir Russell as a «
public appointment» was just another subterfuge to avoid compliance with an earlier FOI request.
But Ford, he has shown evidence that the Muir Russell Commission has net met the definition of
a Public Appointment.
Even from this information, the UEA's claim that Muir Russell was a «
public appointment» looks increasingly fantastic.
Previously it refused to provide information on the terms of its contract with Muir Russell, saying that it was a «
public appointment».
In its refusal of David Holland's FOI request for Muir Russell documents, the UEA has argued that it did not have a contract with Muir Russell; instead, Muir Russell was a «
public appointment».
Since her call to the bar in 1987, the Toronto lawyer has combined a criminal and administrative law practice with a variety of
public appointments, including chairwoman of Legal Aid Ontario, visiting professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, and her most recent role in Toronto, where she has been since 2009.
Public appointments should be more transparent.
Assessment tests are not a requirement for all job roles, but if you do have one you can find help on
the Public Appointments Service website, which has hints and tips on how to prepare for an assessment centre and interview in the civil service and public sector.
The Foundation is seeking a candidate to fill the position of
Public Appointment (Consumer Interests) on the Board of Governors.