Documents considered by the Committee on 20 January 2010, including the following recommendations for debate: Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2009-2010, etc - European Scrutiny Committee Contents


3   Financial management

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European Court of Auditors: Annual report on the implementation of the budget

Legal base
DepartmentHM Treasury
Basis of considerationMinister's letter of 18 January 2010
Previous Committee ReportHC 5-iv (2009-10), chapter 2 (15 December 2009)
To be discussed in CouncilFebruary 2010
Committee's assessmentPolitically important
Committee's decisionFor debate in European Committee B together with the Commission's 2008 report on the fight against fraud and related documents, which we have already recommended for debate (decision reported on 15 December 2009)

Background

3.1  The European Court of Auditors (ECA) is responsible for the external audit of the Community's public finances. It examines the legality, regularity and soundness of the management of all the Community's revenue and expenditure, and the revenue and expenditure of any body (agencies etc) created by the Community. In December 2009 we recommended, as is customary, the ECA's Annual Report on activity carried out under the General Budget in 2008, for debate in European Committee, together with other documents relevant to financial management.

3.2  In reporting that decision we noted that we would be receiving a copy of the Government's official response for the Commission in relation to the ECA's references to the UK in its report.[10]

The Minister's letter

3.3  The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ian Pearson) has now been able to send us that response.

Conclusion

3.4  We are grateful to the Minister for this information, which will be of interest to those Members taking part in the forthcoming debate and which will be included in the debate pack.





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