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 Edward Leigh MP (Conservative, Gainsborough) (Chairman)
Mr Richard Bacon MP (Conservative, South Norfolk)
Annette Brooke MP (Liberal Democrat, Mid Dorset and Poole North)
Angela Browning MP (Conservative, Tiverton and Honiton)
Chris Bryant MP (Labour, Rhondda)
Rt Hon David Curry MP (Conservative, Skipton and Ripon)
Mr Ian Davidson MP (Labour, Glasgow South West)
Mr Philip Dunne MP (Conservative, Ludlow)
Mr John Healey MP (Labour, Wentworth)
Ian Lucas MP (Labour, Wrexham)
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 were also Members of the Committee during the period
of the enquiry:
Helen Goodman MP (Labour, Bishop Auckland)
Mr Sadiq Khan MP (Labour, Tooting)
Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP (Labour, Portsmouth
North)
Kitty Ussher MP (Labour, Burnley)
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.
Publication
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),
Pam Morris (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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