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To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission how many staff the National Audit Office has appointed who were later discovered to be illegal immigrants since 2005.

Asked by
Robert Syms (Conservative)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 March 2010
Reference
506 c1349W; 320438
House
House of Commons

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission how many days staff of the Public Accounts Commission spent on trade union activity in the latest year for which figures are available; and what recent estimate has been made of the annual cost to the public purse of such activity.

Asked by
Robert Syms (Conservative)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 March 2010
Reference
506 c1349W; 320672
House
House of Commons

It is because those very factors need to be taken into account that the amendment is phrased in a way that makes it an enabling amendment—it does not say that the Speaker "should" recommend such action, but leaves it to the Speaker's discretion. There is no compulsion about it.

Member
Alan Williams (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
4 March 2010
Reference
506 c1065
House
House of Commons

That this House congratulates Gorseinon College on winning the 2009-10 Association of Colleges Beacon Award for college engagement with employers; acknowledges that this achievement by the Innovation Team at Gorseinon recognises the quality of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme run by the college, working with businesses throughout South Wales;...

Primary sponsor
Martin Caton (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
2 March 2010
Reference
974
House
House of Commons

Whatever 45 years may say about my consistency, they are hardly complimentary about my effectiveness.

Member
Alan Williams (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2010
Reference
506 c57
House
House of Commons

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission for how many days a month the non-executive directors of the National Audit Office are expected to work in return for their annual remuneration.

Asked by
Philip Hollobone (Conservative)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 November 2009
Reference
501 c365W; 301674
House
House of Commons

That this House recalls that side effects of the drug Thalidomide, prescribed for prevention of morning sickness in the 1960s and 1970s, caused nearly 500 babies to be born with a range of severe disabilities; pays tribute to the campaign by journalists, politicians and others that eventually resulted in the...

Primary sponsor
Martin Caton (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
26 November 2009
Reference
261
House
House of Commons

That this House congratulates the former Visteon employees in their successful campaign with support from hon. Members and Unite the union for their right to redundancy pay, after Visteon closed their UK factories; notes that the company pension scheme is now being investigated by the Pensions Regulator and despite support...

Primary sponsor
Sian C James (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
26 November 2009
Reference
256
House
House of Commons

The proposal relating to the advisory committee is certainly what we originally recommended. I think it was then suggested that there might be a more appropriate body at the time, and that the arrangement should therefore be left open. It was not a case of precluding what had been proposed...

Member
Alan Williams (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
4 November 2009
Reference
498 c951
House
House of Commons

Does the hon. Gentleman recollect that the one proposal that we turned down from Tiner was his suggestion that the chair should be selected by the Prime Minister and the chair of the Commission? We unanimously rejected that, because the chair of the Commission is chosen by the Prime Minister,...

Member
Alan Williams (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
4 November 2009
Reference
498 c928-9
House
House of Commons

Will the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee bear in mind that there is an important extra safeguard even there? If a vote of only this House were required, the Government could use their majority, which is why a vote of both Houses is required to dispose of the Comptroller...

Member
Alan Williams (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
4 November 2009
Reference
498 c929
House
House of Commons

The CAG already submits his expenses to me as Chairman of the commission and publishes them on a six-monthly basis which, we are assured, goes further than for any other public servant. He is therefore already ahead of the game elsewhere in Whitehall.

Member
Alan Williams (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
4 November 2009
Reference
498 c944
House
House of Commons

Under the Bill, the CAG retains his absolute discretion in relation to his statutory duties. It cannot endanger his statutory duties at all.

Member
Alan Williams (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
4 November 2009
Reference
498 c939
House
House of Commons

To meet that situation, we built in a requirement that there should be a code to govern the relationship that they had to develop within the board and to govern the relationship between the CAG and the Chairman. That code has been agreed, as has a strategy, and both have...

Member
Alan Williams (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
4 November 2009
Reference
498 c937
House
House of Commons

May I clarify that it was in that very area of work, throughout the world and so on, that some of the trouble arose? It is non-statutory work. In that respect, it is true that the board can circumscribe the activities, because that is part of its role and duty;...

Member
Alan Williams (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
4 November 2009
Reference
498 c940
House
House of Commons

The hon. Gentleman is right in what he said about expenses. We virtually dealt with that by having the CAG look at the expenses proposals and come to see me about them. However, the problem of governance was not just about expenses—it was about the staff of the organisation, who,...

Member
Alan Williams (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
4 November 2009
Reference
498 c941
House
House of Commons

That is not the purpose of the Bill. The statutory powers are already in place, and the purpose of this part of the Bill is to bring better governance into the processes of the National Audit Office.

Member
Alan Williams (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
4 November 2009
Reference
498 c923
House
House of Commons

indicated dissent.

Member
Alan Williams (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
4 November 2009
Reference
498 c923
House
House of Commons

That this House praises the British Legion's Roll of Honour, English Heritage, Historic Scotland, the War Memorials Trust, the Imperial War Museum and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for their work dedicated to commemorating those who have died as a result of conflict and to preserving war memorials in the...

Primary sponsor
Shona McIsaac (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
16 October 2009
Reference
2070; 2070A1
House
House of Commons

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 24 April 2009, Official Report, column 977W, on Government Departments: accountancy, if he will place in the Library a copy of each letter of direction in relation to property...

Asked by
Nick Hurd (Conservative)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 July 2009
Reference
496 c1142W; 289096
House
House of Commons