Debate on Thursday, 15 May 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Edward Leigh. The answering member was Lord Touhig.

Public Accounts

Debate on a motion to take note of the 41st and the 42nd and the 46th to the 65th Reports of the Public Accounts Committee of Session 2006-07, and of the Treasury Minutes on these Reports (Cm 7275, 7276 and 7322); and of the 1st to the 4th, the 6th and the 9th to the 13th Reports of the Committee of Session 2007-08, and of the Treasury Minutes on these Reports (Cm 7323 and 7364).

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 475 c1591-634
Session: 2007-08
Department: Treasury; Committee of Public Accounts
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Review of section 58 of the Children Act 2004.
Thursday, 25 October 2007
Command papers
House of Commons; Treasury minutes on the forty-first, forty-second, forty-sixth, forty-seventh and fifty-fifth reports from the Public Accounts Committee, session 2006-07. (HC 477, HC 409, HC 295, HC 302 and HC 893). (Vote)
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
Command papers
House of Lords
House of Commons; Ministry of Defence: major projects report 2006. Public Accounts Committee forty-sixth report with proceedings, evidence (HC 295-i not printed separately) and appendices.
Monday, 9 July 2007
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, and Rural Payments Agency: the delays in administering the 2005 Single Payment Scheme in England. Public Accounts Committee fifty-fifth report with proceedings and evidence (HC 893-i not printed separately).
Wednesday, 18 July 2007
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Improving quality and safety: progress in implementing clinical governance in primary care: lessons for the new primary care trusts. Public Accounts Committee forty-seventh report with proceedings, evidence (HC 302-i not printed separately) and appendices.
Monday, 9 July 2007
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Improving procurement in further education colleges in England. Public Accounts Committee forty-first report with proceedings, evidence (HC 477-i nort printed separately) and appendices .
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Shareholder Executive and public sector businesses. Public Accounts Committee forty-second report with proceedings, evidence (HC 409-i not printed separately) and appendices.
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Richard Bacon | 475 c1608-12 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell). He is a colourful...; Andrew Mackinlay | 475 c1612 (Link to this contribution) He's good for a knighthood.; Richard Bacon | 475 c1612 (Link to this contribution) I hope not. The next report I wish to consider is on the efficiency programme. We have had much dis...; John Pugh | 475 c1600-2 (Link to this contribution) I rise as a bit-part player in our Treasury team and also as a member of the PAC. In preparing for t...; Austin Mitchell | 475 c1602-8 (Link to this contribution) I was very keen to participate in this debate, particularly as our friend the Chairman of the Commit...; Andrew Mackinlay | 475 c1608 (Link to this contribution) It still is.; Austin Mitchell | 475 c1608 (Link to this contribution) Is it? We suggested that it needed a driving central authority, and our recommendation was accepted....; Speaker | 475 c1593 (Link to this contribution) Order. Interventions are to be brief, and we are discussing the Public Accounts Committee's reports....; Edward Leigh | 475 c1593-7 (Link to this contribution) That was a good intervention. There is a tradition in our civil service. We never interview Minister...; Lord Touhig | 475 c1597-600 (Link to this contribution) I welcome this debate because it is right that the House should have the opportunity to consider the...; Andrew Mackinlay | 475 c1615-8 (Link to this contribution) Anyway, having got that off my chest, let me say that the reports that we are considering are extrem...; Angela Eagle | 475 c1626 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to respond to what has been a very good debate. We often get quality rather t...; Speaker | 475 c1618 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am conscious of the fact that the hon. Gentleman feels strongly about the matters that he i...; Andrew Mackinlay | 475 c1618-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and I accept your advice, but everything that I have said is refe...; Richard Bacon | 475 c1619 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is one of my heroes for the way he represents his constituents so independently a...; Andrew Mackinlay | 475 c1619 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, because I assure you, Mr. Deputy Speaker—indeed, I shall write ...; Speaker | 475 c1619 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman should relax. There is no need for him to write to me. I shall guide him i...; Andrew Mackinlay | 475 c1619 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for South Norfolk (Mr. Bacon) raised a legitimate point. One of the things acknowled...; Philip Dunne | 475 c1619-22 (Link to this contribution) It is an enormous pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Thurrock (Andrew Mackinlay). As a former re...; Justine Greening | 475 c1622-6 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to participate in this debate on the reports of the Public Accounts Committee. The ...; Andrew Mackinlay | 475 c1615 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to delay the House on this subject, but I think that it does go to the heart of the is...; Speaker | 475 c1615 (Link to this contribution) Order. Foreign affairs is the last subject that we ought to stray into this afternoon.; Justine Greening | 475 c1613 (Link to this contribution) My alternative suggestion would be ““Gershon and on””, because that is what it will do.; Richard Bacon | 475 c1613 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. The Assets Recovery Agency has recovered only £23 mil...; Angela Eagle | 475 c1612 (Link to this contribution) I was seven years old when the eagle landed before, and the hon. Gentleman may also remember that oc...; Richard Bacon | 475 c1613 (Link to this contribution) I do remember that occasion, and it is time for a reprise. Harrison Ford has made a comeback, so I d...; Andrew Mackinlay | 475 c1614-5 (Link to this contribution) I think that I can claim to be the only hon. Member qualified unreservedly to congratulate the Chair...; Angela Eagle | 475 c1615 (Link to this contribution) I hope that I am not included in my hon. Friend's characterisation. I know that he is not mad or bad...; Speaker | 475 c1613 (Link to this contribution) Order. To some extent, it does, and I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for pointing out that he was...; Richard Bacon | 475 c1613-4 (Link to this contribution) Not only will I do so, but I am nearly finished. I have the reports with me to try to ensure that I ...; Edward Leigh | 475 c1632-4 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. Of course, that leads me straight on to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby, who brought us do...; Richard Bacon | 475 c1626 (Link to this contribution) No mean feat.; Angela Eagle | 475 c1626 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. I would not even attempt to compete with that, even with three hours' notice, and I congratu...; Andrew Mackinlay | 475 c1632 (Link to this contribution) You mean the nice guy.; Edward Leigh | 475 c1632 (Link to this contribution) If I may crave your indulgence, Mr. Deputy Speaker, just for three or four minutes, I shall thank al...; Angela Eagle | 475 c1628-32 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will have to think of something more useful to buy his wife for Christmas. The hon. ...; Austin Mitchell | 475 c1628 (Link to this contribution) Bang goes my wife's Christmas present.; Angela Eagle | 475 c1627-8 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right to raise those important issues. We must continue to work on our definit...; John Pugh | 475 c1627 (Link to this contribution) The Government are making appreciable progress in that area, but the remarks of the hon. Member for ...; Angela Eagle | 475 c1627 (Link to this contribution) That is a key point and I hope that the head of the civil service will have noticed it in his regula...; Richard Bacon | 475 c1626-7 (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister moves on from the subject of praising Government Departments and the roll-out of...; Andrew Mackinlay | 475 c1593 (Link to this contribution) I hesitate to intervene on the subject of the UK ambassador's residence in Dublin, but as a member o...; Angela Eagle | 475 c1591 (Link to this contribution) May I reassure the hon. Gentleman that thoughts of assassin's knives have never been further from my...; Edward Leigh | 475 c1591-3 (Link to this contribution) That is very reassuring. On these occasions, it is tempting to recite from our canon of reports a li...; Nigel Evans | 475 c1593 (Link to this contribution) Some efficiency savings are hard to calculate. For instance, the closure of some of our embassies or...; Edward Leigh | 475 c1593 (Link to this contribution) Yes. We all have a personal view on our embassies and high commissions. I often think that those his...; Edward Leigh | 475 c1591 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House takes note of the 41st and the 42nd and the 46th to the 65th Reports ...
Subjects: Public expenditure Parliamentary scrutiny Select committees Committee of Public Accounts
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