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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