Proceeding contribution from Paul Flynn (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 14 July 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Sovereign Grant Bill.

Sovereign Grant Bill

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way, although I am sorry that he has not answered my question about why a multi-millionaire should send a bill to the taxpayer for a private visit. May I take him back to his previous speech to the House on this issue in which he spoke as the former Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee—the guardian of the taxpayer's interest—when he said that he had approved royal spending that he described as ““fantastically wasteful””? Is that the way to guard the taxpayer's interest?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 531 c551-2
Session: 2010-12
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Disclosure of information Conditions of employment Accountability Accountancy Crown lands and estates Crown Estate Finance Expenditure Historic buildings Minimum wage National Audit Office Travel Repairs and maintenance Royal family Royal household Sovereign grant Committee of Public Accounts
Legislation: Sovereign Grant Bill 2010-12
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

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