Comptroller and Auditor General
Philip Dunne pays tribute to the outgoing Comptroller and Auditor General, Sir John Bourn and praises the work he did in introducing public accountability to the BBC in undertaking its value-for-money audits.
Mr. Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con): Before my hon. Friend finishes his tribute to the outgoing CAG, will he say whether he agrees that the work that Sir John Bourn did to introduce public accountability to the BBC in undertaking its value-for-money audits is something that should go down on the record sheet as one of his great achievements?
Mr. Leigh: It certainly should, and we have a compromise at the moment. The Public Accounts Committee is strongly of the view that we should have full rights of access.
