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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Excerpts
Thursday 13th February 2014

(10 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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The Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission was asked—
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Portrait Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds) (Con)
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4. What recent discussions the Commission has had on extending the scope of the NAO’s auditing of the Bank of England and any consequent changes to the NAO’s budget.

Edward Leigh Portrait Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)
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There have been no recent discussions on extending the scope of the NAO’s role to auditing the Bank of England. As part of its wider discussions of the NAO’s budget in March 2012, the Commission considered the resource implications of the NAO’s new role in implementing the Financial Services Act 2012, in that it appointed the Comptroller and Auditor General to audit the Financial Conduct Authority. The Act did not change the audit arrangements for the Bank itself.

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Portrait Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
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The National Audit Office can audit every single Government Department, the BBC and even the Queen. Why does my hon. Friend think that the Bank of England should be an exception?