Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)

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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) (strictly, the Committee of Public Accounts) is a select committee of the British House of Commons. It is responsible for overseeing government expenditures to ensure they are effective and honest.

The structure and function of the PAC date back to the reforms initiated by William Gladstone, when he was British Chancellor of the Exchequer in the mid-nineteenth century. The first PAC was established in 1861 by a resolution of the British House of Commons, and the form has since been replicated in virtually all Commonwealth of Nations and many non-Commonwealth countries. PACs are seen as a crucial mechanism for ensuring transparency in government financial operations.

1 Members
2 See also
3 References
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[edit] Members

Committee membership, as of September 2006.[1]

Member		Party
	Richard Bacon MP	Conservative
	Annette Brooke MP	Liberal Democrats
	Greg Clark MP	Conservative
	David Curry MP	Conservative
	Ian Davidson MP	Labour
	Philip Dunne MP	Conservative
	Helen Goodman MP	Labour
	John Healey MP	Labour
	Sadiq Khan MP	Labour
	Edward Leigh MP (Chair)	Conservative
	Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP	Labour
	Austin Mitchell MP	Labour
	Dr John Pugh MP	Liberal Democrats
	Don Touhig MP	Labour
	Kitty Ussher MP	Labour
	Alan Williams MP	Labour

[edit] See also

[edit] References

David McGee, The Overseers – Public Accounts Committees and Public Spending, Pluto Press, London 2002.
Stapenhurst, Rick; Sahgal, Vinod; Woodley, William; Pelizzo, Riccardo; World Bank, 1 May 2005, Policy Research Working Paper WPS3613, Scrutinizing public expenditures: assessing the performance of public accounts committees