Sir Christopher Chope

My hon. Friend takes me back to the content of my Bill, which seeks to achieve exactly what she requests. Clause 1 states: “House of Commons approval of relevant documents (1) Within a period of forty days starting on the day on which a relevant document is laid before the House of Commons by, or on behalf of, a qualifying body, a Minister of the Crown must move a motion that the House of Commons approves the relevant document.” That means that we, in the House, would be able to decide whether we approved that document. The Bill goes on to say: “If the House of Commons does not approve a motion under subsection (1), the relevant document shall stand referred to the Committee of Public Accounts.” It seems to me that the best body that we have in the House to deal with this sort of situation would be the Public Accounts Committee, so there would be an automatic referral to that Committee if the Members of this House decided that they were dissatisfied with the performance of the relevant arm’s length body.