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
13 May 2016
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This Bill would push public ownership of public services and favour public sector or not-for-profit delivery. It would set a default assumption that services should be run by public bodies or not-for-profit organisations rather than private firms, and it would establish steps to improve accountability, transparency and public control over services, including those run by private companies.
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29 Jun 2015
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 29 June 2015. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
