Scrutiny of Government’s Supply Estimates inquiry

Inquiry by the Procedure Committee, 13 January 2016 to 13 January 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 5th Report - Authorising Government expenditure: steps to more effective scrutiny (19 April 2017)
• 1st Special Report - Review of Estimates memoranda by the House of Commons Scrutiny Unit: response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2016–17 (25 July 2018)

Evidence sessions

• 20 April 2016: Dr Joachim Wehner, Associate Professor in Public Policy, Department of Government, London School of Economics, Ronnie Downes, Deputy Head, and Scherie Nicol, Analyst, Parliamentary Scrutiny, Budgeting and Public Expenditures Division, OECD
• 4 May 2016: Professor John McEldowney, and Sir Stephen Laws KCB QC, academic members of the Study of Parliament Group.
• 10 May 2016: Professor David Heald, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow.
• 5 July 2016: Meg Hillier MP, Chair, Committee of Public Accounts; and John Pugh MP (at 3.40pm).
• 12 July 2016: Dr John Benger, Clerk Assistant and Managing Director, Chamber and Committees, House of Commons Service, Colin Lee, Principal Clerk, Select Committees, House of Commons Service, Marek Kubala, Clerk of Supply, House of Commons Service
• 19 October 2016: Rt Hon Mr David Gauke MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rt Hon Mr David Lidington MP, Leader of the House of Commons