The 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 Richard Bacon
MP (Conservative, South Norfolk)
Annette Brooke MP (Liberal Democrat, Mid Dorset and Poole North)
Angela Browning MP
(Conservative, Tiverton and Honiton)
Greg Clark MP (Conservative,
Tunbridge Wells)
Rt Hon David Curry
MP (Conservative, Skipton and Ripon)
Mr Ian Davidson MP
(Labour, Glasgow South West)
Helen Goodman MP
(Labour, Bishop Auckland)
Mr John Healey MP (Labour, Wentworth)
Mr Sadiq Khan MP
(Labour, Tooting)
Mr Edward Leigh MP
(Conservative, Gainsborough)
Sarah McCarthy-Fry
MP (Labour, Portsmouth North)
Mr Austin Mitchell
MP (Labour, Great Grimsby)
Dr John Pugh MP (Liberal
Democrat, Southport)
Mr Don Touhig MP (Labour, Islwyn)
Kitty Ussher MP (Labour,
Burnley)
Rt Hon Alan Williams
MP (Labour, Swansea West)
The following were
also Members of the committee during the period of the enquiry:
Mr Alistair Carmichael
MP (Liberal Democrat, Orkney and Shetland)
Diana R Johnson MP
(Labour, Hull North)
Jon Trickett MP (Labour,
Hemsworth)
Stephen Williams MP (Liberal Democrat, Bristol 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 http://www.parliament.uk/pac. A list of Reports of the Committee
in the present Session is at the back of this volume.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee is Nick Wright
(Clerk), Christine Randall (Committee Assistant), Emma Sawyer
(Committee Assistant), Ronnie Jefferson (Secretary), and Luke
Robinson (Media Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk,
Committee of Public Accounts, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London
SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219
5708; the Committee's email address is pubaccom@parliament.uk.
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