Sir Kenneth Calman was, among many things, England's chief medical officer, in a long career.
The Queen's Speech included a pledge to implement the recommendations of the Calman review of devolution.
The Calman Commission specifically ruled out looking at the option of independence, instead concentrating on strengthening devolution.
And the much-announced, long-awaited (in some circles) Calman-like commission on the way the Welsh Government is funded?
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In 1999, Sir Kenneth Calman made a similar plea, saying the public had a responsibility not to demand antibiotics.
The legislation implements recommendations of the Calman Commission to hand control of some taxes from Westminster to the Scottish Parliament.
The Calman Commission had also recommended that the Scottish Parliament should control national speed limits, drink-driving laws and airguns legislation.
The search has long been on for a chair of the Welsh Calman, someone suitable to both the Welsh and UK Governments.
The bill is designed to implement the proposals of the Calman Commission and give more financial and administrative powers to the Scottish government.
Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray called on the UK government to to ensure the Calman recommendations were passed before next year's Holyrood election.
In November 2009, the Westminster government published a White Paper as a response to the Calman Commission's enquiry into the development of devolution.
The way Wales is funded will be examined in a UK government inquiry, similar to the Calman commission which proposed changes to Scottish devolution.
The Scottish secretary's statement came after a commitment in last week's Queen's Speech to respond to the findings of the Calman Commission review of devolution.
Throughout the process, SNP leaders have denounced the Bill - which emerged from the Calman Commission - as inadequate and insufficient to meet Scotland's needs.
Ms Goldie welcomed the commitment in the Queen's Speech to introduce legislation to implement recommendations from the final report of the Calman Commission on Scottish Devolution.
The bill implements many of the proposals of the Calman Commission, which specifically ruled out looking at the option of independence, instead concentrating on strengthening devolution.
Take a glimpse at the membership and, if the Welsh Calman is organised on similar lines, you can probably hazard a guess at the likely suspects.
The bill, which has already cleared the Commons, implements recommendations of the Calman Commission to transfer control over some fiscal policies from Westminster to the Scottish Parliament.
The Calman Commission was set up to recommend any changes to the constitutional arrangements that would enable the Scottish Parliament to serve the people of Scotland better.
Gerald Holtham's work was apparently respected within Whitehall and even if he doesn't chair the Welsh Calman his previous reports could form part of the new commission's report.
The Liberal Democrats called on all parties to work constructively with the Calman-style process being conducted by the UK Government and argue against a temporary cut in VAT.
This is the "Calman-style" commission that follows the commission on Scottish devolution whose report blended greater powers for the Scottish Parliament with more financial accountability to the electorate.
The 1995 Calman-Hine report is seen as a baseline against which the success of the UK NHS Cancer Plan can be measured and in Wales, the cancer strategy of the Welsh Assembly.
So MPs turned up for work today looking forward to hearing the terms of reference and membership of what is known in some circles as ap Calman after the Scottish version.
The Commission on Scottish Devolution, chaired by Sir Kenneth Calman, was set up jointly by Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems, and its conclusions were supported by all three parties.
Scottish Labour's Pauline McNeil called for the full implementation of the recommendations in the Calman Commission and said the "jury was still out" on the new politics since the general election.
The legislation implements most of the recommendations of the Calman Commission into the powers of the Scottish government, including the central proposal to give Holyrood more power over income tax rates.
On June 15th a commission set up under Sir Kenneth Calman, once Britain's chief medical officer, came up with some ideas on how to improve the Scottish Parliament, ten years into devolution.
But he has returned to form with the release this week of the British government's submission to a commission under Sir Kenneth Calman set up by Scotland's main political parties to review devolution.
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The Calman Commission recommended that the Secretary of State for Scotland should appear annually before a specially convened Scottish Parliament Committee, comprised of the convenors (chairs) of the all the Holyrood committees, similar to Westminster's Liaison Committee.
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