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
Rt Hon Margaret Hodge (Labour, Barking)
(Chair)
Mr Richard Bacon (Conservative, South Norfolk)
Mr Stephen Barclay (Conservative, North East
Cambridgeshire)
Dr Stella Creasy (Labour/Cooperative, Walthamstow)
Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative, Thurrock)
Justine Greening (Conservative, Putney)
Matthew Hancock (Conservative, West Suffolk)
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative, Daventry)
Joseph Johnson (Conservative, Orpington)
Rt Hon Mrs Anne McGuire (Labour, Stirling)
Mr Austin Mitchell (Labour, Great Grimsby)
Nick Smith (Labour, Blaenau Gwent)
Ian Swales (Liberal Democrats, Redcar)
James Wharton (Conservative, Stockton South)
The following member was also a member of
the committee during the parliament:
Eric Joyce (Labour, Falkirk)
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 Philip
Aylett (Clerk), Lori Verwaerde (Senior Committee Assistant),
Ian Blair and Michelle Garratty (Committee Assistants)
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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