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Appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General

Debate on Wednesday, 23 January 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Gordon Brown. The answering member was David Gauke.
Debate on a motion that an humble address be presented to Her Majesty that she will appoint Timothy John Burr to the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General.

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Reference

470 c1520-35 

Session

2007-08

Department

Prime Minister

Procedure

Addresses to the Crown

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

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Comptroller and Auditor General
Monday, 3 March 2008
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Proceeding contributions

Bob Spink | 470 c1525 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend anticipate that Tim Burr will be able to improve on those financial savings?
Edward Leigh | 470 c1525 (Link to this contribution) Suffice to say, in my view, Sir John has been quite robust, but I will leave it at that. Of course, ...

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Speaker | 470 c1525 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am sure that the hon. Member for Gainsborough (Mr. Leigh) will not be seduced down that all...
David Leslie Taylor | 470 c1525 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman mentioned the magic three letters PFI and I am sure that what he says about the C...
Gordon Prentice | 470 c1526 (Link to this contribution) On the appointment of Mr. Burr, did the Member have a pre-appointment hearing with Mr. Burr before m...
Edward Leigh | 470 c1526 (Link to this contribution) It certainly should, and we have a compromise at the moment. The Public Accounts Committee is strong...
Philip Dunne | 470 c1526 (Link to this contribution) Before my hon. Friend finishes his tribute to the outgoing CAG, will he say whether he agrees that t...
Edward Leigh | 470 c1525 (Link to this contribution) It would be difficult to do so. The targets are already stretching and we do not want targets that s...
Angela Eagle | 470 c1532-4 (Link to this contribution) I close the debate by echoing from my own experience the tributes that have rung out from all parts ...
Speaker | 470 c1535 (Link to this contribution) As I am sure the hon. Gentleman will realise, that is not a matter for the Speaker at this stage.
Mike Penning | 470 c1535 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. While the House has been sitting, tens of thousands of off-...
Alan Williams | 470 c1529 (Link to this contribution) The Comptroller and Auditor General's independence from the Executive is of absolute, fundamental im...
Tony Wright | 470 c1529 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend's concern would be met if we insisted on parliamentary involvement in the proce...
Tony Wright | 470 c1527-8 (Link to this contribution) I associate myself with the generous tributes that have been paid to Sir John Bourn. His record is a...
William Cash | 470 c1528 (Link to this contribution) In light of the hon. Gentleman's reference to the historical importance of the democratic principle,...
Tony Wright | 470 c1528-9 (Link to this contribution) I am always glad to accept a reference to Gladstone. The period to which the hon. Gentleman refers w...
Edward Leigh | 470 c1526-7 (Link to this contribution) Of course Tim Burr will be an eligible candidate, but I have had no conversation with him. He will h...
Edward Leigh | 470 c1532 (Link to this contribution) That is an important point and it should be underlined. At present there is a complete balance becau...
David Gauke | 470 c1532 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. As has been mentioned, the fact that the Chairman of the Public Acc...
William Cash | 470 c1530 (Link to this contribution) I endorse all the remarks that have been made about Sir John Bourn and the distinguished service tha...
David Gauke | 470 c1530-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important and valuable point. I shall shortly turn to the issue of the indep...
Speaker | 470 c1530 (Link to this contribution) Order. I think that we ought to move on.
David Gauke | 470 c1530 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I thought I was about to have the new experience of being intervened ...
Edward Leigh | 470 c1530 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Member for Cannock Chase (Dr. Wright) give way on his last point?
Tony Wright | 470 c1529 (Link to this contribution) No, because I am about to finish my speech, but before I do so, let me say that if anyone would like...
William Cash | 470 c1529 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Simon Hughes | 470 c1521 (Link to this contribution) We are grateful to the Prime Minister for his motion and his words of support. This is an important ...
Gordon Brown | 470 c1520-1 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will app...
Alan Williams | 470 c1523-4 (Link to this contribution) If I give any more commitments to the House, there will not be much point in having the report from ...
Richard Bacon | 470 c1523 (Link to this contribution) There is widespread agreement that there should be a time limit, and Sir John Bourn himself thinks s...
David Leslie Taylor | 470 c1522-3 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will recall our recent discussions in this Chamber about the outgoing CAG, but ...
Hugh Bayley | 470 c1524 (Link to this contribution) I am concerned about how the continuity of work is maintained when one CAG retires and another takes...
Edward Leigh | 470 c1524 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to second the motion moved by the Prime Minister, for three reasons. First, it underlin...
Alan Williams | 470 c1522 (Link to this contribution) That question was covered by the Tiner review. The Chair of the PAC and I believe that there should ...
Alan Williams | 470 c1522 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday, I received the Tiner review of the governance of the CAG and the NAO, which was referred ...
Simon Hughes | 470 c1522 (Link to this contribution) Of course I accept that, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and I was not proposing that it should be. My point was...
Bob Spink | 470 c1526 (Link to this contribution) Can my hon. Friend confirm whether Tim Burr will be an eligible candidate when the new and transpare...
Gordon Prentice | 470 c1522 (Link to this contribution) Has my right hon. Friend formed an early view on the suggestion made at the meeting in December by t...
Edward Leigh | 470 c1524-5 (Link to this contribution) I can absolutely give that assurance—the king is dead, long live the king! The work will carry on. W...
Alan Williams | 470 c1523 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I am aware of the tenure limits elsewhere. In preliminary discussions, the Chair of the PAC and...
Edward Leigh | 470 c1526 (Link to this contribution) For Members who have just come into the debate, I should say that it is a temporary appointment, and...
Speaker | 470 c1521 (Link to this contribution) Order. I hesitate to interrupt the hon. Gentleman, but I must say to him and to the House that the m...

Subjects

Public appointments
National Audit Office
Bourn, John
Burr, Tim

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