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Press Release - House of Commons: Works Services Appropriation Account 1999-2000. The New Parliamentary Building: [Portcullis House])

7 February 2001

Full report - House of Commons: Works Services Appropriation Account 1999-2000. The New Parliamentary Building: [Portcullis House])

Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, today reported to Parliament on the 1999-2000 account of the House of Commons: Works Services Appropriation Account. The full text of his report is attached.

Notes for Editors

As announced in November 2000, Sir John is currently undertaking a detailed examination of the project to construct the New Parliamentary Building and expects to report later this year (NAO Press Notice 64/00).

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The Comptroller and Auditor General, Sir John Bourn, is the head of the National Audit Office employing some 750 staff. He and the NAO are totally independent of Government. He certifies the accounts of all Government departments and a wide range of other public sector bodies; and he has statutory authority to report to Parliament on the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which departments and other bodies have used their resources.

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