- In pursuance of paragraph 5(2)(a) of Schedule 1 of the House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978, the House of Commons Commission hereby revokes the Instrument of Delegation made by the Commission on 24 July 1991 (relating to the appointment of a Board of Management and the delegation of functions to the Board) and subsequent amendments made thereto, and establishes the Management Board with the membership, delegated functions and other responsibilities set out below. Part B of the Instrument of Delegation of 25 January 1979 (relating to the delegation of functions to individual Heads of Departments) is also revoked.
- Membership The membership of the Management Board shall be the Clerk of the House of Commons as Chief Executive of the House Service (who shall be Chairman), the Director General of Committee and Chamber Services, the Director General of Facilities, the Director of Finance, the Director General of Human Resources and Change and the Director General of Information Services. The Board is authorised to appoint up to three external members, up to two of whom shall be non-executive members
- Delegated functions The Management Board shall:
1. be responsible for a House of Commons Service in which the conditions of the service of staff shall conform with the provisions of section 2 of the House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978;
2. be severally responsible for the appointment of staff under section 2(1) of the of the House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978 in regard to their own department (except the appointment of staff whose appointment is for the time being delegated to the Speaker), but subject to directions given by the Clerk of the House as Chief Executive of the House Service;
3. exercise on behalf of the Commission its other functions concerning staff in the House Service (except those under section 4 of the House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978);
4. exercise on behalf of the Commission the responsibilities referred to in paragraph 5(5) of Schedule 1 of the House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978 for considering representations made in relation to matters affecting the interests, in connection with their employment, of staff in the House Service by trade unions who are recognised by the Commission in respect of such staff, and for the conduct of consultations and negotiations about such matters with those trade unions, subject always to the ultimate right of those trade unions to make representations to the Commission in cases where the procedures established under the authority of the Commission and agreed by both sides of the House of Commons Whitley Committee, have been exhausted;
- Other responsibilities The Management Board shall also:
1. be responsible for the management of the services provided for the House of Commons by the Departments of the House, and give advice thereon to any select committee on Finance and Services which may be appointed by the House, and to the House of Commons Commission;
2. advise the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons on the nature and level of services that should be provided by joint departments of the two Houses;
3. consider the reports, budgets and other financial management information drawn up by the Departments of the House, and approve the draft estimates of expenditure of those Departments and of the Office of the Speaker, together with any other estimates proposed to be submitted to the Commission for presentation to the House for expenditure for the service of the House of Commons, before the submission of such draft estimates to the Finance and Services Committee and the Commission;
4. assist the Finance and Services Committee in the preparation of the Estimates for the Administration Estimate and of other papers relating to that Vote, before its submission to the House of Commons Commission; and
5. carry out such other functions relating to the expenditure on the administration of House of Commons services as may from time to time be allocated to it by the Commission.
- The Management Board shall exercise its powers subject to the control of the Accounting Officer in relation to expenditure.