tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post8353198027450912550..comments2023-05-05T07:13:41.889-04:00Comments on Corruption-free Anguilla: Public AccountsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-1051735243021921162007-08-09T07:43:00.000-04:002007-08-09T07:43:00.000-04:00The House of Assembly is "entirely ineffective in ...The House of Assembly is "entirely ineffective in scrutinizing government’s policy and administration to any real degree. This is partly because unlike Westminster there are no established oversight committees which are empowered to review the work of government. Although we have established the public accounts committee some ten years ago which is supposed to review government’s expenditure in various departments, this committee to my knowledge has never met." --David Carty, when he was Chair of the Constitutional Review CommitteeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-11177217793176224462007-08-09T06:55:00.000-04:002007-08-09T06:55:00.000-04:00In welcoming Governor Andrew George to Anguilla la...In welcoming Governor Andrew George to Anguilla last year, Eddie Baird called on him to ensure good governance on the island by encouraging transparency and accountability in Government and the functioning of a Public Accounts Committee. <BR/><BR/>When Eddie was Leader of the Opposition he couldn't be bothered to call a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee. One wonders if his reason was as you suggest, or simply because, as Hubert has pointed out, Eddie is "a lazy boy" who spent his time "frolicking at Herbert's."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-5871635930223685752007-08-09T06:14:00.000-04:002007-08-09T06:14:00.000-04:00The Bermuda Public Accounts Committee, which claim...The Bermuda Public Accounts Committee, which claims to operate in the interest of the people, bars both the people and the press from its secret meetings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com