Impartial parliamentary administration
House-side administration supports the Hampshire Chamber independently of Hampshire County Government. Its purpose is to enable Members, committees and the Chamber to perform parliamentary functions and to maintain the authoritative public record.
Core services
Chamber and procedure
Support for sittings, parliamentary procedure, scheduling and formal business.
Committee support
Support for committee meetings, inquiries, evidence, correspondence and reports.
Legislation support
Support for Bills, amendments, legislative stages and publication.
Official Report
Production and publication of the substantially verbatim written record of public proceedings.
Research and information
Impartial research and information for Members and committees.
Member and standards services
Support for Member records, standards and interests arrangements.
Public information and participation
Public information, education and authorised participation routes.
Information governance
Records, information rights, privacy and publication controls.
Government boundary
Chamber administration is not part of the HCG Civil Service. Government ministers, departments and Whips manage Government-side business; impartial Chamber authorities manage parliamentary procedure, services, records and publication.