A Bill to promote public ownership of public services; to introduce a presumption in favour of service provision by public sector and not-for-profit entities; and to put in place mechanisms to increase the accountability, transparency and public control of public services, including those operated by private companies.
House of Commons
15 May 2014
The Public Services (Ownership and User Involvement) Bill aims to give more public control over how public services are run. It would create a default presumption that services should be provided by the public sector or not-for-profit organisations where possible, and put in place measures to improve accountability, transparency and user involvement—even for services currently run by private companies.
The bill is at the 2nd Reading in the House of Commons. If it progresses, it would move to Committee Stage for detailed examination, followed by Report Stage and Third Reading before moving to the Lords.
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