Public Accounts Commission
The Public Accounts Commission is a UK body created under the National Audit Act 1983 to audit the National Audit Office, i.e., to watch the watchers.[1]
Composition
The Commission comprises nine MPs, including the Leader of the House of Commons and the Chair of the Public Accounts Select Committee, who serve ex officio. The remaining seven, who may not be Ministers of the Crown, are chosen by the House of Commons.[1] The Commission elects its chair from among its numbers. Members continue to serve despite a dissolution of Parliament, but—excepting the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee—are required to resign if they are not standing or are defeated for re-election.[2] As of 4 September 2012, the members of the Commission are as follows:
- Chair: Edward Leigh (Conservative)
- Andrew Lansley (Conservative), ex officio as Leader of the House of Commons
- Margaret Hodge (Labour), ex officio as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee
- Richard Bacon (Conservative)
- Stella Creasy (Labour Co-op)
- Anne McGuire (Labour)
- Austin Mitchell (Labour)
- Dr John Pugh (Liberal Democrat)
- Andrew Tyrie (Conservative)
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See also
- List of committees of the United Kingdom Parliament
References
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