Schedule 1: The Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body Part 2: Powers, procedure, reporting etc. Staff
Paragraph 17 requires the Sponsor Body to appoint a Chief Executive Officer, who will be part of the Sponsor Body’s staff. The Sponsor Body may determine the Chief Executive Officer’s terms of appointment, but must do so with regard to the desirability of keeping those terms and conditions broadly in line with those applying to staff in the House of Commons Departments.
	The Sponsor Body may appoint and dismiss staff and set their terms of engagement. Again, the Sponsor Body is required to have regard to the desirability of keeping the terms and conditions broadly in line with those applying to staff in the House of Commons Departments.
	Paragraph 18 provides that the Sponsor Body’s staff will be entitled to participate in civil service pension schemes.