To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission whether a report has been received from Sir Kevin Tebbit’s review of the management and services of the House. (144770)

Yes. It is published today as House of Commons paper HC 685 and is available on the internet at:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmcomm/685/685.pdf.

The Commission is very grateful to Sir Kevin Tebbit and his team for their thorough analysis and recommendations. The report will be considered by the Administration, Finance and Services and Audit Committees and be debated after the summer recess. The Commission has invited the Board of Management to consider the report and prepare a programme for taking forward its proposals, subject to points made by Members in the debate. The Commission will consider the report again and decide upon its recommendations in the autumn after views from Members of the House and the House administration have been made known.