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)
Greg Clark MP (Conservative,
Tunbridge Wells)
Rt Hon David Curry
MP (Conservative, Skipton and Ripon)
Mr Ian Davidson MP
(Labour, Glasgow South West)
Mr Philip Dunne MP
(Conservative, Ludlow)
Helen Goodman MP
(Labour, Bishop Auckland)
Mr John Healey MP
(Labour, Wentworth)
Mr Sadiq Khan MP
(Labour, Tooting)
Mr Edward Leigh MP
(Conservative, Gainsborough) (Chairman)
Mr Austin Mitchell
MP (Labour, Great Grimsby)
Dr John Pugh MP (Liberal
Democrat, Southport)
Rt Hon Don Touhig
MP (Labour, Islwyn)
Rt Hon Alan Williams
MP (Labour, Swansea West)
Mr Iain Wright MP
(Labour, Hartlepool)
Derek Wyatt MP (Labour,
Sittingbourne and Sheppey)
The following was also a Member of the Committee
during the period of the inquiry:
Sarah McCarthy-Fry
MP (Labour, Portsmouth North)
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 Mark Etherton
(Clerk), Philip Jones (Committee Assistant), Emma Sawyer (Committee
Assistant), Anna Browning (Secretary), and Alex Paterson (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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