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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Public Accounts Commission – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 May 1988.

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Photo of Graham Allen Graham Allen , Nottingham North 12:00, 23 May 1988

Will the hon. Gentleman place on the next agenda of the Public Accounts Commission a review of the practices of the Audit Commission, to see whether anything can be learnt about them? It appears that when the Audit Commission discovers even 12 paperclips bought by local authorities that are surplus to requirements, that is front page news. Will he therefore explain why the Ministry of Defence can overspend at will, sometimes by up to £1 billion a project, without being brought fully to account by the House or the Commission?