Committee of Public Accounts
The Committee of Public Accounts is appointed by
the House of Commons to examine "the accounts showing the
appropriation of the sums granted by Parliament to meet the public
expenditure, and of such other accounts laid before Parliament
as the committee may think fit" (Standing Order No.148).
Current Membership
Mr Edward Leigh MP (Conservative, Gainsborough)
(Chairman)
Mr Richard Bacon MP (Conservative, South Norfolk)
Rt Hon Paul Boateng MP (Labour, Brent South)
Mr Ian Davidson MP (Labour, Glasgow Pollok)
Mr Geraint Davies MP (Labour, Croydon Central)
Mr Barry Gardiner MP (Labour, Brent North)
Mr Nick Gibb MP (Conservative, Bognor Regis and
Littlehampton)
Mr Brian Jenkins MP (Labour, Tamworth)
Mr George Osborne MP (Conservative, Tatton)
Mr David Rendel MP (Liberal Democrat, Newbury)
Mr Gerry Steinberg MP (Labour, City of Durham)
Mr Jon Trickett MP (Labour, Hemsworth)
Rt Hon Alan Williams MP (Labour, Swansea
West)
Powers Powers of the Committee
of Public Accounts are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in SO No. 148. These are available on the Internet
via www.parliament.uk.
Publications The reports and
evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office
by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including
press notices) are on the internet at www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/pachome.htm.
A list of reports of the Committee in the present Parliament is
at the back of this Report.
Contacts All correspondence
should be addressed to The Clerk of the Committee of Public Accounts,
Committee Office, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number
for general inquiries is: 0207-219-5708. The Committee's e-mail
address is: pubaccom@parliament.uk.
Footnotes In the footnotes
of this Report, references to oral evidence are indicated by 'Q'
followed by the question number.
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