Debate on Thursday, 23 October 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Touhig. The answering member was Austin Mitchell.

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Debate on a motion to take note of the Public Accounts Committee 5th, 8th, 14th to the 29th, 31st to the 35th, 37th, 38th, 42nd and the 50th Reports and the 1st and 2nd Special Reports of Session 2007-08, and of the Treasury Minutes on these Reports (Cm 7366 and 7453). Agreed on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 481 c494-534
Session: 2007-08
Department: Public Accounts Commission
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Treasury minutes on the Public Accounts Committee twenty-third to twenty-ninth (HC 267, HC 151, HC 316, HC 390, HC 395, HC 416 and HC 285), thirty-first to thirty-fifth (HC 323, HC 363, HC 433, HC 472 and HC 106), thirty-seventh (HC 351), thirty-eighth (HC 370), forty-second (HC 477) and fiftieth reports (HC 890) of session 2007-08.
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Command papers
House of Commons
House of Lords; Treasury minutes on the Public Accounts Committee sixteenth to twenty-second reports (HC 143, HC 176, HC 190, HC 221, HC 47, HC 157 and HC 229) and first (HC 518) and second special reports (HC 557) of session 2007-08.
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Command papers
House of Lords
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Austin Mitchell | 481 c527 (Link to this contribution) I am grovelling hard.; Angela Eagle | 481 c527 (Link to this contribution) I have to say that in 16 years in this House, I have never seen my hon. Friend grovel. He has obviou...; Richard Bacon | 481 c526 (Link to this contribution) May I just point out that I was not on a beach: I was speaking at a symposium on the changing role o...; Angela Eagle | 481 c526-7 (Link to this contribution) That is entirely typical of the hon. Gentleman's commitment to his duties and how seriously he takes...; Baroness Browning | 481 c527-8 (Link to this contribution) I recall, in a former life, being required at very short order to remove all ruminant feeds from eve...; Angela Eagle | 481 c528-30 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Lady's general observation. There are weaknesses in particular Departments, bu...; Angela Eagle | 481 c524-6 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to have the opportunity to respond, once more, to our debate on the Public Ac...; Justine Greening | 481 c523-4 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful for that extremely helpful intervention. It brings me to the point that I was try...; Angela Eagle | 481 c523 (Link to this contribution) I agree with a great deal of what the hon. Lady is saying, but I wanted to pop up while she was talk...; Justine Greening | 481 c520-3 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to respond to this debate, which has been fascinating to listen to. Speaking as som...; Angela Eagle | 481 c532 (Link to this contribution) I can tell the House that when I was a Minister at the Department of the Environment, Transport and ...; Edward Leigh | 481 c532-4 (Link to this contribution) I apologise; it was not a first for my hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk. I thank my hon. Fr...; Richard Bacon | 481 c530 (Link to this contribution) I was just looking through my pile of papers, having forgotten the Minister's comment that the Treas...; Lord Touhig | 481 c530 (Link to this contribution) That was an exceptionally good report, and Jobcentre Plus made a huge difference; the staff have bee...; Angela Eagle | 481 c530 (Link to this contribution) I would like to congratulate and commend Lesley Strathie, then chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, on...; Edward Leigh | 481 c531-2 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure briefly to thank everyone who has taken part this afternoon. I thank the right hon....; Angela Eagle | 481 c530-1 (Link to this contribution) I suspect that if we sent an e-mail to every permanent secretary and asked them to look at the repor...; John Pugh | 481 c507 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman missed the last occasion, but the question was asked in one form ...; Richard Bacon | 481 c506-7 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Southport (Dr. Pugh), who is a forensic member ...; John Howell | 481 c509-11 (Link to this contribution) I shall begin by offering my thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough (Mr. Leigh) and me...; Richard Bacon | 481 c507-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who brings me to the point that I was about to make, which is t...; Richard Bacon | 481 c502 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the right hon. Gentleman about the BBC's ““Restoration Village”” programme. Pulham St M...; Lord Touhig | 481 c500-2 (Link to this contribution) It is a great privilege and pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Gainsborough (Mr. Leigh). As Chai...; John Pugh | 481 c503-6 (Link to this contribution) In listening carefully to our revered Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, the hon. Member for...; Lord Touhig | 481 c502-3 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for reminding me about that session. That gentleman did come bef...; Richard Bacon | 481 c512 (Link to this contribution) A fine wine takes the longest.; Austin Mitchell | 481 c512-3 (Link to this contribution) Well, revolutions might happen, and we are all socialists now, so I have not altogether given up hop...; Austin Mitchell | 481 c511-2 (Link to this contribution) I should like to begin by saying how much sheer pleasure I get from being a member of the PAC. I am ...; Baroness Browning | 481 c519-20 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. That is why I believe that such projects need to be properly managed, and key people need to...; Richard Bacon | 481 c519 (Link to this contribution) Before my hon. Friend moves on from the single payment scheme, let me point out that, although there...; Baroness Browning | 481 c517-9 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell); he is never a fea...; Austin Mitchell | 481 c513-7 (Link to this contribution) That is good to hear, and it is right that we should do it. However, it is a little late. It is clos...; Austin Mitchell | 481 c513 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. We need to keep a running analysis as the situation develops, as it puts us in a more po...; Richard Bacon | 481 c513 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the most interesting thing about the NAO's regular reports on the...; Angela Eagle | 481 c513 (Link to this contribution) In fact, the Office of Government Commerce is in the middle of developing a system that does just th...
Subjects: Cost effectiveness Costs Banks Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Budgets Finance Investment Government departments Financial markets Government shareholding Privatisation Public sector Public expenditure Private finance initiative Nationalisation National Audit Office Public private partnerships Ministry of Defence Taxation Committee of Public Accounts Risk assessment QinetiQ Office of Government Commerce Capital markets Olympic Games 2012
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