The essential fact is that this Committee is a Committee of the House responsible to the House as a whole and is not the battleground for party faction…I believe it is true to say that the authority of the Committee is greatly enhanced by its unanimous character and I hope complete objectivity of its report. It is fair to say that many Honourable Members of both parties have made great endeavours and have sometimes sacrificed personal views to ensure that this shall be so.
Sir Harold Wilson, late British Prime Minister &
Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee
As I was about to put together my article for today’s publication, three news items caught my eyes. The first relates to a statement from the Opposition Leader David Granger that: citizens need to know what is happening with their hard-earned tax dollars; accountability makes the system work and will make people more confident in their government;
