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Public Accounts

Yes, and the Sharman committee was set up to examine Government agencies that were not answerable to the NAO. It made recommendations about Government agencies and companies that were not accountable. The Government accepted its recommendations and said that they would bring all those organisations under the NAO. They made two exceptions to the Sharman recommendations: the civil list—that was no surprise—and the BBC. The Government rejected a specific recommendation from Sharman that the BBC should be covered by the NAO, which was anomalous and illogical.