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
30 March 2015
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The Public Services (Ownership and User Involvement) Bill aims to promote public ownership of public services and to prefer delivery by the public sector or not-for-profit organisations. It also seeks to boost accountability, transparency and public control of services, including those run by private companies, by introducing new mechanisms and encouraging user involvement.
The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons; its first reading occurred in July 2014. No further stage progression is shown here.
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7 Jul 2014
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 7 July 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
