UK Parliament — House of Commons

Order ID:219

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144

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2022 — 30th November 144 Finance Committee (1) There shall be a select committee, to be called the Finance Committee, to consider expenditure on and the administration of services provided from the Estimates for the House of Commons and-
(a) with the assistance of the Executive Committee, to prepare the Estimates for House of Commons: Administration for submission to the House of Commons Commission;
(b) with the assistance of the Accounting Officer, to prepare the Estimates for House of Commons: Members for submission to the Members Estimate Committee;
(c) to monitor the financial performance of the House Administration; and
(d) to report to the House of Commons Commission and the Members Estimate Committee or the Speaker on the financial and administrative implications of recommendations made to them by other Committees of the House.
(2) The committee shall consist of not more than eleven Members.
(3) The committee shall be assisted by the Accounting Officer and by other Officers of the House appropriate to the matters under consideration.
The committee shall have power-
(a) to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place, and to report from time to time; and
(b) to communicate its evidence to the House of Commons Commission or the Members Estimate Committee as appropriate.
(5) Unless the House otherwise orders, all Members nominated to the committee shall continue to be members of the committee for the remainder of the Parliament.

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2022 — 30th November 144 Finance Committee (1) There shall be a select committee, to be called the Finance Committee, to consider expenditure on and the administration of services provided from the Estimates for the House of Commons and-
(a) with the assistance of the Executive Committee, to prepare the Estimates for House of Commons: Administration for submission to the House of Commons Commission;
(b) with the assistance of the Accounting Officer, to prepare the Estimates for House of Commons: Members for submission to the Members Estimate Committee;
(c) to monitor the financial performance of the House Administration; and
(d) to report to the House of Commons Commission and the Members Estimate Committee or the Speaker on the financial and administrative implications of recommendations made to them by other Committees of the House.
(2) The committee shall consist of not more than eleven Members.
(3) The committee shall be assisted by the Accounting Officer and by other Officers of the House appropriate to the matters under consideration.
The committee shall have power-
(a) to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place, and to report from time to time; and
(b) to communicate its evidence to the House of Commons Commission or the Members Estimate Committee as appropriate.
(5) Unless the House otherwise orders, all Members nominated to the committee shall continue to be members of the committee for the remainder of the Parliament.