PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION. Minutes of Meeting on Tuesday 12 December Members of the Commission present: Sir Edward Leigh, in the Chair

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1 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION Minutes of Meeting on Tuesday 12 December 2017 Members of the Commission present: Sir Edward Leigh, in the Chair Mr Richard Bacon Jack Brereton Clive Efford Julian Knight Andrea Leadsom Apologies: Mr Nicholas Brown, Meg Hillier 1. Declaration of Members Financial Interests Commissioners declared their interests: see Appendix. Additional interests were noted: Richard Bacon declared a visit as part of a fact finding delegation to Lebanon in April and a visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran in August to attend the inauguration of the President. Details would be sent to the Registrar of Interests. 2. Election of Chairman Sir Edward Leigh was confirmed in place as the Chair. 3. Minutes of the last meeting The minutes of the last meeting held on Tuesday 21 March 2017 were approved. 4. Consideration of the National Audit Office s Strategy for 2018/19 to 2020/21 (in public) Evidence was taken from Sir Amyas Morse (Comptroller and Auditor General), Lord Bichard (NAO Chairman) and Daniel Lambauer (Executive Leader, Strategy and Operations). The Commission approved the National Audit Office s Strategy for 2018/19 to 2020/ NAO s VFM Report: Delivery of benefits from the National Audit Office s IT-enabled change programme (in public) The Commission took note of the report and agreed to lay the report before the House. HELEN WOOD (Secretary to the Public Accounts Commission)

2 Appendix Declaration of Members Financial Interests The Register of Members' Financial Interests As at 27 November 2017 Leigh, Sir Edward (Gainsborough) Leigh, Sir Edward (Gainsborough) 1. Employment and earnings Non executive director of Europe Arab Bank, 15 Moorgate, London EC2R 6AD: From 1 October 2016 until 30 September 2017, I received an annual salary of 74,000, paid monthly, for an expected monthly commitment of hrs. (Registered 03 November 2017) From 1 October 2017 until further notice, I will receive an annual salary of 74,000, paid monthly, for an expected monthly commitment of hrs. (Registered 03 November 2017) 4. Visits outside the UK Name of donor: (1) Italian IPU Group; (2) All Party Parliamentary Group for Italy Address of donor: (1) Protocol Office, Chamber of Deputies, Piazza del Parlamento, Rome; (2) c/o House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) hotel accommodation and lunch for me ( 595) and my wife (additional cost of 135); (2) dinners on two evenings for myself and my wife ( 74 each). Destination of visit: Rome, Italy Dates of visit: 19 to 22 September 2016 Purpose of visit: With APPG Italy delegation, to discuss potential implication of Brexit with senior Italian parliamentarians, and also to meet with the British Ambassador and to attend a plenary of the chamber of Deputies. (Registered 07 November 2016) 8. Miscellaneous Barrister, not currently practising. (Registered 22 May 2015) 9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses I employ my wife, Mary Leigh, as Office Manager.

3 Bacon, Mr Richard (South Norfolk) Bacon, Mr Richard (South Norfolk) 4. Visits outside the UK CMEC Parliamentary fact finding delegation to Lebanon April 2017 Name of donor: Conservative Middle East Council Address of donor: 55 Tufton Street, London, SW1P 3QL Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): accommodation, food and transport with a total value of 2,248 Destination of visit: Lebanon Date of visit: April 2017 Purpose of visit: Parliamentary fact finding (To be added to next update of Register for declaration made on Tuesday 12 December 2017) Visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran 4 10 August 2017 Name of donor: Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran Address of donor: Embassy of Iran, 16 Princes Gate, London SW7 1PT Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): accommodation, food and transport with a total value of 867. I stayed in the British Embassy in Tehran apart from hotel accommodation for two nights provided by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Destination of visit: Iran Date of visit: 4 10 August 2017 Purpose of visit: To attend the Inauguration of H.E. Hassan Rouhani as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran and to meet Iranian parliamentarians. (To be added to next update of Register for declaration made on Tuesday 12 December 2017) 8. Miscellaneous I am a patron of Elizabeth s Legacy of Hope, a registered charity in England and Wales, No During the course of overseas visits I may from time to time undertake engagements on behalf of the charity. (Registered 25 January 2013; updated 26 May 2015)

4 Brereton, Jack (Stoke on Trent South) Brereton, Jack (Stoke on Trent South) 1. Employment and earnings Councillor, Stoke on Trent City Council, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke on Trent ST4 1HH. Until May 2019, I will receive an allowance of 12,000 per annum. Hours: 5 10 hrs per week. This allowance will be donated to local charities. (Registered 05 July 2017) 2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Mr Jeremy Hosking Address of donor: private Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: 5,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 07 July 2017)

5 Brown, Mr Nicholas (Newcastle upon Tyne East) Brown, Mr Nicholas (Newcastle upon Tyne East) 2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: GMB Address of donor: 1 Mosley Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 1YE Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 5,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 04 July 2017) Name of donor: Communication Workers Union (CWU) Address of donor: 150, the Broadway, Wimbledon, London SW19 1RX Donor status: trade union (Registered 04 July 2017) Name of donor: Unite the Union Address of donor: 128 Theobalds Road, Holborn, London WC1X 8TN Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: printing to the value of 4,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 04 July 2017) 8. Miscellaneous Since September 1980, an Associate Governor of Walker Technology College. (Registered 04 July 2017) Since October 2012, a Non Executive Director of Mariinksky Theatre Trust. (Registered 04 July 2017) Since January 2011, a trustee of the Biscuit Factory Foundation. (Registered 04 July 2017)

6 Day, Martyn (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) Day, Martyn (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) Nil

7 Efford, Clive (Eltham) Efford, Clive (Eltham) 2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Communication Workers' Union Address of donor: 150 The Broadway, London SW19 1RX Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017) Name of donor: GMB Address of donor: 22 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 12,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017)

8 Hillier, Meg (Hackney South and Shoreditch) Hillier, Meg (Hackney South and Shoreditch) 6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over 100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over 10,000 a year A property in London: (i) and (ii).

9 Knight, Julian (Solihull) Knight, Julian (Solihull) 1. Employment and earnings Royalties from Wileys, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester PO19 5QD, for book written before I was elected: 20 March 2017, received 1, Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 05 April 2017) 25 September 2017, received 1,350. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 02 October 2017) 2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Hogarths Hotel Address of donor: Four Ashes Road, Dorridge B93 8QE Donor status: company, registration (Registered 03 July 2017) 3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources Name of donor: England and Wales Cricket Board Address of donor: Lords Cricket Ground, St John's Wood, London NW8 8QZ Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets for a cricket game with a total value of 200 Date received: 6 July 2017 Date accepted: 6 July 2017 Donor status: company, registration (Registered 03 October 2017) Name of donor: England and Wales Cricket Board Address of donor: Lords Cricket Ground, St John's Wood, London NW8 8QZ Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets for a cricket game with a total value of 70 Date received: 8 August 2017 Date accepted: 8 August 2017 Donor status: company, registration (Registered 03 October 2017) Name of donor: England and Wales Cricket Board Address of donor: Lords Cricket Ground, St John's Wood, London NW8 8QZ Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: One ticket for a cricket game, including hospitality, with a value of 200 Date received: 9 September 2017 Date accepted: 9 September 2017 Donor status: company, registration (Registered 03 October 2017)

10 6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over 100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over 10,000 a year From 1 December 2015, house in Haywards Heath, owned jointly with my wife: (i) and (ii). (Registered 8 December 2015; updated 29 June 2017)

11 Leadsom, Andrea (South Northamptonshire) Leadsom, Andrea (South Northamptonshire) 2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Mr Ben Leadsom Address of donor: private Donor status: individual (Registered 06 July 2017) Name of donor: Mr Jim Byrom Address of donor: private Donor status: individual (Registered 06 July 2017) Name of donor: Mr Jim Byrom Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 1,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 06 July 2017) Name of donor: Mr Peter Warner Address of donor: private Donor status: individual (Registered 06 July 2017)