The Public Accounts Commission (TPAC) is a UK body created under the National Audit Act 1983 to audit and provide oversight of the National Audit Office, the parliamentary body responsible for auditing governmental departments and agencies.National Audit Act 1983 (c. 44) s 2 and 4. UK Government website, Committees section, Public Accounts Commission: Commons Other Committee, retrieved 12 December 2024 Its reports are available to the public. Amazon website, Books: Public Accounts Commission, retrieved 12 December 2024
Chairs Committee chairs include those listed below.https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/366/committee-on-the-future-relationship-with-the-european-union/membership/former/
NameStartEndPartyConstituencyConservativeGainsboroughpresentLabourEltham and Chislehurst
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. 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.National Audit Act 1983 (c. 44), Schedule 1 A list of current members is available on the UK Parliament website.
, the membership is UK Government website, Committees section, Public Accounts Commission: Membership, retrieved 12 December 2024: Member Party Constituency Clive Efford MP (chair) Labour Eltham and Chislehurst Phil Brickell MP Labour Bolton West Sir Alan Campbell MP (Lord President; Leader of the House of Commons) Labour Tynemouth Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP (PAC chair) Conservative North Cotswolds John Glen MP Conservative Salisbury Tom Hayes MP Labour Bournemouth East Sarah Olney MP Lib Dems Richmond Park Chris Vince MP Labour Harlow Michelle Welsh MP Labour Sherwood Forest
See also List of committees of the United Kingdom Parliament
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