. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Committee of Public Accounts is a select committee of the British House of Commons. It is responsible for overseeing government expenditures, and to ensure they are effective and honest. The committee is seen as a crucial mechanism for ensuring transparency and accountability in government financial operations, having been described by Professor the Lord Hennessy as \"the queen of the select committees...[which] by its very existence exert[s] a cleansing effect in all government departments\"."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "March 2020"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1124749604"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2015226"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "49591"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Committee of Public Accounts is a select committee of the British House of Commons. It is responsible for overseeing government expenditures, and to ensure they are effective and honest. The committee is seen as a crucial mechanism for ensuring transparency and accountability in government financial operations, having been described by Professor the Lord Hennessy as \"the queen of the select committees...[which] by its very existence exert[s] a cleansing effect in all government departments\"."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .