Select Committee on Public Accounts Tenth Report



THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION

Tenth Report

Introduction

  1. This is the Tenth Report made to the House of Commons since the establishment of the Public Accounts Commission under the National Audit Act 1983. The Report describes the work of the Commission in the exercise of its functions since its last Report in July 1998[1].

2. The Commission has a membership of nine. Two of the members—the Leader of the House of Commons and the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)—are ex officio members. The reminder are appointed by the House of Commons.

3. The current membership of the Commission was approved by the House of Commons on 6 June 1997. Mrs Margaret Beckett replaced Ann Taylor as a member of the Commission on her appointment as Leader of the House in July 1998. Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown resigned from the Commission in July 1999 on his appointment as an Opposition Whip. His successor has not yet been appointed.

4. The current membership of the Commission is as follows:

    Mr Roy Beggs
    Mr Austin Mitchell
    Mr William O'Brien
    Rt Hon Robert Sheldon
    Mr Andrew Tyrie
    Rt Hon Alan Williams
    Rt Hon Margaret Beckett (ex officio as Leader of the House of Commons)
    Rt Hon David Davis (ex officio as Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts)

The Rt Hon Robert Sheldon has been Chairman of the Commission since June 1997.

5. The Secretary of the Commission is Jacqy Sharpe, one of the Principal Clerks, Select Committees, to whom all official correspondence should be addressed.[2]

Meetings and Parliamentary Questions

6. The Commission held 4 meetings during the period covered by this Report: on 30 June and 15 December 1998 and 6 July and 2 December 1999.

7. Some 21 Parliamentary Questions were tabled to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission between 1 July 1998 and 30 June 2000, 12 of which were answered orally.


1  The Public Accounts Commission: Ninth Report, HC 921 (Session 1997-98) Back
2  Secretary of the Public Accounts Commission, Committee Office, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA Back

 
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