Debate on Thursday, 22 October 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Edward Leigh. The answering member was Sarah McCarthy-Fry.

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Debate on a motion that the House takes note of note of the 1st to the 6th, the 8th to the 11th, the 13th to the 23rd and the 31st Reports of the Public Accounts Committee of Session 2008-09, and of the Treasury Minutes on these Reports (Cm 7568, 7622 and 7636). Resolved.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 497 c1098-138
Session: 2008-09
Department: Committee of Public Accounts
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Treasury minutes on the Public Accounts Committee seventeenth to twenty-third (HC 152, HC 94, HC 99, HC 165, HC 191, HC 225 and HC 44), and thirty-first (HC 394) reports of Session 2008-09.
Monday, 20 July 2009
Command papers
House of Commons; Treasury minutes on the Public Accounts Committee fourth to sixth (HC 226, HC 228 and HC 71), eighth to eleventh (HC 247, HC 251, HC 249 and HC 250) and thirteenth to sixteenth (HC 312, HC 311, HC 335 and HC 334) reports of session 2008-09.
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Command papers
House of Commons; Treasury minutes on the Public Accounts Committee first to third (HC 100, HC 153 and HC 154) reports of session 2008-09.
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Command papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Richard Bacon | 497 c1119-22 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that we are all equally horrified by the fact that the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. ...; Austin Mitchell | 497 c1117-9 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman. The tax credit system has been combined with the dreaded efficiency...; Colin Breed | 497 c1117 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the hon. Gentleman’s analysis is shared by us all, but does he agree that part of the...; Austin Mitchell | 497 c1112-7 (Link to this contribution) We can assume that this will be the final debate about the reports and activities of the Public Acco...; Austin Mitchell | 497 c1124 (Link to this contribution) indicated dissent.; Greg Hands | 497 c1123-4 (Link to this contribution) This is the second of these debates to which I have responded on behalf of the Opposition. In my par...; Richard Bacon | 497 c1123 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that the answer is extremely hard to find. The Government will say that value for money ...; Edward Leigh | 497 c1122 (Link to this contribution) In the light of my maxim that no taxpayer pound should be a source of easy profit, has my hon. Frien...; Colin Breed | 497 c1110-2 (Link to this contribution) I am only too aware of that. Even in my constituency, the very small firms that can be light on thei...; Lord Horam | 497 c1109 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is discussing a very interesting point about procurement, and I take his point, b...; Colin Breed | 497 c1109 (Link to this contribution) We are not in favour of renewing it, but the decision does not need to be taken now. We have at leas...; Edward Leigh | 497 c1098-106 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House takes note of the 1st to the 6th, the 8th to the 11th, the 13th to th...; Edward Leigh | 497 c1106-7 (Link to this contribution) We have found that the Department has been consistently optimistic. We wish it well, of course, but ...; Richard Bacon | 497 c1106 (Link to this contribution) In light of what my hon. Friend has just said about the national programme for IT, does he agree tha...; Greg Hands | 497 c1109 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman remind us what the Liberal Democrat policy is on Trident?; Colin Breed | 497 c1107-9 (Link to this contribution) It would be very difficult for the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, the hon. Member for Gains...; Edward Leigh | 497 c1137-8 (Link to this contribution) With the leave of the House, perhaps I could say a few words of thanks to the Minister for her kind ...; Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 497 c1134-7 (Link to this contribution) As the policy of the hon. Gentleman’s party is not to have Trident at all, I am sure that he is not ...; Greg Hands | 497 c1129-31 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The Government have, at their peril, underestimated their power ...; Richard Bacon | 497 c1129 (Link to this contribution) I was interested to hear what my hon. Friend said about renegotiation of contracts because one argum...; Greg Hands | 497 c1133 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is praising transparency at UKFI, so will she tell the House why Ministers continually ...; Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 497 c1132-3 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that that will be borne in mind when we are looking at the use of shared services. When co...; Richard Bacon | 497 c1132 (Link to this contribution) On the point about shared services, will the Exchequer Secretary always bear in the back of her mind...; Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 497 c1131-2 (Link to this contribution) It is an enormous pleasure to respond to the debate on behalf of the Government. As the hon. Member ...; Colin Breed | 497 c1134 (Link to this contribution) It depends on whether the life of the existing hulls can be extended, which is a possibility. If the...; Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 497 c1133-4 (Link to this contribution) It is important that our holdings in those banks be managed commercially and, as such, by UKFI at ar...; Greg Hands | 497 c1124-9 (Link to this contribution) I see him shaking his head but I challenge him to find anywhere in the world that has gained efficie...
Subjects: Government departments Public expenditure Parliamentary scrutiny National Audit Office Committee of Public Accounts Economic recession
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