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)
Geraint Davies MP (Labour, Croydon Central)
Rt Hon Frank Field MP (Labour, Birkenhead,)
Mr Barry Gardiner MP (Labour, Brent North)
Mr Nick Gibb MP (Conservative, Bognor Regis and
Littlehampton)
Mr George Howarth MP (Labour, Knowsley North and
Sefton East)
Mr Brian Jenkins MP (Labour, Tamworth)
Mr Nigel Jones MP (Liberal Democrat, Cheltenham)
Mr George Osborne MP (Conservative, Tatton)
Mr David Rendel MP (Liberal Democrat, Newbury)
Mr Gerry Steinberg MP (Labour, City of Durham)
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;
references to the written evidence are indicated by the page number
as in 'Ev ......'.
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