the public accounts committee hasn't done | lawyers and pr advice. the public. accounts committee hasn't done any work to look exactly at the inquiry, and of course, it is a judge led inquiry and needs to have its own spaces. it would be wrong for me to try and make a conclusion about where it is going and whether it itself is value for money at this point, because of is still part way through, but i think it's important to conclude there would have an inquiry that does this way, nothing is important to look at what happens in governments in these situations. going back to the committee have said, we were concerned when we look at the preparation for covid that the preparation had all been around health and that other things, and there was not a plan. and really, a lot of people thought they would not be standing when the music stopped. we have a big issue about how to manage risk and resilience in government, something we have looked at since covid in particular. we think there was a big issue there about making sure we are prepared for the worse, hoping for the

the public accounts committee hasn't done | lawyers and pr advice. the public. to try and make a conclusion about where it is going and whether it itself is value for money at this point, because of is still part way through, but i think it's important to conclude there would have an inquiry that does this way, nothing is important to look at what happens in governments in these situations. going back to the committee have said, we were concerned when we look at the preparation for covid that the preparation had all been around health and that other things, and there was not a plan. and really, a lot of people thought they would not be standing when the music stopped.

i chair the public accounts committee, a constitutional committee of over 160 years' standing, cross-partyth five parties on it. i am not playing a party political point; this is a public accounting point. you have been a renowned chancellor of the exchequer who took us through covid. i think you understand those rules very clearly. can we just be really clear. why are you not sharing with parliament and the public the money being spent on the rwanda scheme? it is a five-year project and you signed it off as chancellor. you must have been content then, despite now having to pass legislation to operationalise it. why did you not think about asking those questions then? you must have been asking those questions. why can't you share the money with us? the prime minister: again, there is a balance to be struck. there is annual transparency of these numbers to parliament, and i think that strikes the right balance. i appreciate-- dame meg hillier: sorry, prime minister, it is not the normal transparency that is provided on other big projects. on high speed 2, for example, i could give you many

perfectly— you have retreated the line, it is perfectly normal in terms of reporting to the public accounts committees to report on projects on a different_ committees to report on projects on a different basis, especially something that is a flagship policy of yours — something that is a flagship policy of yours. producing information in the annual— of yours. producing information in the annual accounts, 15 months after the annual accounts, 15 months after the test— the annual accounts, 15 months after the last £100 million payment was made _ the last £100 million payment was made to— the last £100 million payment was made to rwanda, were cut to be open and honest— made to rwanda, were cut to be open and honest about something that you are now— and honest about something that you are now championing as prime minister? _ are now championing as prime minister? what is the secrecy? as we have been very _ minister? what is the secrecy? as we have been very clear, _ minister? what is the secrecy? as we have been very clear, it _ minister? what is the secrecy? as we have been very clear, it may - minister

pensioners have been left out of pocket by £1.3 billion in the past year, a report from the public accounts committeensions has been �*asleep at the switch' when it comes to the issue of underpayments. you're live with bbc news. a woman has been killed and two people have been injured in a shooting in hackney in east london. a 41—year—old woman died at the scene. a 20—year—old man and a 16—year—old boy are being treated in hospital. no—one has been arrested. nickjohnson reports from the scene. officers were called to reports of a shooting on this residential estate in hackney at half past six yesterday evening. a 42—year—old woman died at the scene and a 20—year—old man and a 16—year—old boy had both been taken to hospital with gunshot wounds. a white police tent has been put up through the front door of a house, forensic teams focusing their attention on a car parked on the road as well as scouring the surrounding par. the policing team in hackney say their thoughts are with the family of the woman who has been killed as well as the two people taken to hospital. they say specially detect this on the

but on the issue of the money, his permanent secretary was in front of the public accounts committeere with the house how much payment will be made to rwanda in years four and five of this? the honourable _ years four and five of this? the honourable lady _ years four and five of this? the: honourable lady will know that years four and five of this? tu9 honourable lady will know that we have committed to reporting, reporting schedule completely consistent with other government departments, completely consistent with the reporting schedule of the home office and other files and we absolutely intend to commit to doing that. so the reason we have introduced this bill, it builds on the illegal migration act and compliments all other measures that this government is employing to end illegal migration. the safety of rwanda (asylum and immigration) bill makes it unambiguous and clear that rwanda is safe will prevent the courts from second—guessing the will of the sovereign parliament. i have got to make progress. it gives effect to the judgment of parliament that rwanda is a safe country, n

committees across parliament. so home affairs, public accounts , affairs, public accounts, treasury, defence, etc, etc. it's the chairsrill the prime minister. i expect it will go on for a fair bit of the afternoon. and last night he hosted political journalists in downing street . journalists in downing street. he gave a speech and he made his excuses because he said he had to to prepare for and, to go to prepare for it and, well, might . i mean, you've well, he might. i mean, you've touched on some of the subjects that be raised that are likely to be raised israel, gaza. yes of course. absolutely. and last night, as we saw a letter signed by ten conservative mps, including some former cabinet ministers, such as former environment secretary george eustice, calling for an immediate ceasefire, the government's position, of course, has shifted a little in the last few days , with the new the last few days, with the new foreign secretary, lord cameron, calling for a sustainable ceasefire. also questions about ukraine and our ongoing support and backing found to be a lot of focus on baroness michelle mone mone. the ppe sc

the previous year's figure but still "unacceptably high", according to the chair of the public accounts committeenderpaid by £1.3 billion. the us presidentjoe biden and his most likely opponent in next year's election — donald trump — have been trading verbal blows. president biden said part of his motivation to run for a second term is to thwart mrtrump, insisting "we cannot let him win", while mr trump said his opponent is too old for a re—match. the public spending watchdog says the uk is underprepared for extreme weather and lacks an effective strategy to handle it. a report by the national audit office report looked at the readiness to cope with droughts, floods, storms and high temperatures. our environment correspondent jonah fisher has the details. coming up to the bower hinton turnoff. and we're going submariner route. surface water flooding, like this in somerset earlier this week, occurs when heavy rain falls faster than the water can drain away. the ground is very saturated. there's not much capacity within the ground to take any further water. so what falls as rainfall tends to insta

in a letter to dame meg hillier and dame diana johnson the head of the public affairs and public accounts committee payments are separate to the treaty that was signed this week, saying that rwanda did not ask for any extra money and no actual money was offered. this all comes ahead of a potentially very difficult vote for rishi sunak on his emergency legislation next tuesday. the conservative right are not happy because they think this legislation does not absolutely guarantee that you will not be able to have a legal challenge against your removal to rwanda and the left are not happy because they feel it may go too far. from that side i am hearing that "we are concerned" and there is a degree of pushback and they will decide what to do next week. very difficult and foolish to predict how that vote will go but loyalist are seeing some straws in the wind for rishi sunak. the right have convened a circle star chamber. these are lawyers to take a look at it. the pivotal figure in that is the better in brexiteer, sir bill cass. he stood up brexiteer, sir bill cass. he stood up at the 1922 committee la

in a report published today, the house of commons public accounts committee blamed the poor quality ofts . it also government contracts. it also said departments were not doing enough to secure competition for contracts. it was robust, resulting in taxpayers money being wasted . and emmy award being wasted. and emmy award winning us actor andre bauer has died at the age of 61. the two time emmy winner was best known for starring in homicide and as captain raymond holt in the us sitcom brooklyn nine—nine. brouwer died on monday after a brief illness . during his brief illness. during his career, he was nominated for 11 emmy awards . this is gb news emmy awards. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio, and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now back to andrew and . bev and.bev >> you'll be getting in touch at home. thank you so much. vaiews@gbnews.com is the email. sue has said this is a waste of time and money. she's talking about the rwanda situation and whether we're going to get anybody on any planes and it has cost n

committee on oversight and accountability, the committee on the judiciary, the committee on ways and means first began their investigation and republicans have received tens of thousands of pages of publick records, department of treasury, the national archives, the federal bureau of investigation, and internal revenue service documents, and dozens of hours of when is terry moaning -- of witness testimony assigned to hunter biden's case. whereas, despite the avalanche of information, house republicans received, none of the three republican led house committees pursuing a bite and impeachment has found any evidence of wrongdoing from the vice president, let alone unimpeachable events, whereas senate republicans who conducted their investigation in 2020 of joe biden's conduct also did not find any evidence of wrongdoing. whereas the evidence including bank records and repeated statements from witnesses gathered wearing the current investigation has shown that president biden fight corruption, was not involved in family business dealings, and with respect -- and respected the department of justice. where is the conspiracy theory that has long been debunked, and the investigation has confir

in exclusive deputy chairman of the committee on construction and housing and public utilities svetlana razvorotieva gave an interview to our program. spark accountingorm for those who build izh, yes, this is the norm, as if at the choice of the contractor, by agreement of the parties, but if a person wants to protect himself, he can agree with the contractor on this form, and it is necessary, of course , here, well , the law seems to require full transparency, that is, such a contractor who... money based on the crow accounts, he must register there in the unified state system of housing construction and full information about it and about the object should be disclosed there, but about the contractor, of course, it is important there that he is not in bankruptcy, there were no penalties against him before, that is, such maximum transparency of the picture , which should probably attract many consumers, but why was there a need to implement such a measure at all, that is, in this sector in the izh sector there is also a lot of deception, why even president vladimirovich putin ordered to work on this question. unfortunately, this is so, if we say th

in the work of relevant parliamentary committees, control over the targeted use of public funds - these are just some of the most important tasks that the accountsed. today in the state duma. the exhibition tells about the history of the accounts chamber, the results of inspections and facts of violation of laws that became known thanks to the work of the department. sergei ivanovich appeared. 30 years ago, when we gathered for the first time meeting of the state duma, the question immediately arose about creating such a financial control body under the reporting state duma, the accounts chamber analyzes almost all draft laws, which means that the auditor of the accounts chamber necessarily takes part in the work of specialized committees. okay, i’ll be honest, i have an analysis of all the budgets for all these years, without your report i don’t see the point in making final conclusions, because the most complete, most competent, professionally prepared, today i would emphasize even the most fundamental reports - this is the accounts chamber, moreover , when i need professional advice, i ask your auditors a question: we always listen to the aud

i appreciate your public service and the bipartisan work on this committee to hold iran accountable. there is work that needs to continue here. one of those heinous elements we have seen, we can agree that iran is one of the primary funders for this attack to occur by hamas. the $6 billion in illegal oil sales, we have been good on this committee and i am proud to leave the commitment that we will never transfer that money to iran. however, they move an unprecedented amount of oil out of the country through a ghost armada. we have been briefed on this. we understand that this new funding, over 80 billion dollars . a 400% increase since the tough sanctions that we have talked about. it's actually increased. not just israel, but our own forces in the middle east. here is where i have flown combat operations out of and received 100 attacks in the last days alone. during my days as a counterintelligence officer i saw the shady tactics of the iranian regime and their impact on the u.s. interest in the region as well as allies while undermining us with nefarious relationships through the i

environment and public works committee, unanimously advanced two pieces of bipartisan recycling legislation. one of those bills is, i think it's called the recycling and composting accountability act, and it would require the environmental protection agency to collect and make publicly available data on recycling and composting rates across the country. that's what until do. question starting with you, mr. kravetz, would you please share the importance of increased data collection on addressing the plastics crisis and considering material alternatives? >> with yes. so collection is key, of course, to avoid plastic from from reaching the environment and the oceans. then you need to set up all the infrastructure to move plastic and get this all set up to go to advanced recycling facilities that can handle every type of plastic, not just single waste streams. and that's important to understand. the ability to tackle all the plastics, solve the problem of having to sort everything upstream. >> all right. same question, ms. simon, if you would, please. >> we're proud to have supported the recycling and composting accountability act. >> thank you. >> we look forward to working with

and i appreciate your public service and the bipartisan work on this committee to hold iran accountable. this is work that needs to continue here, and this is one of the reasons we're in the financial services committee today, because on october 7th the attack on israel was one of the most heinous elements that we've seen. is and we can all agree that iran was one of the primary if funders for this attack to occur by hamas. challengingly, the united states has stalled in phrasing iran assets though. the $6 billion in illegal oil sale is, we have been good on this committee and i'm proud to lead the commitment that we will never transfer that money to iran. however, they are considering to move a unprecedented amount of oil out of the country for sale through a ghost armada. we've been briefed on this both in a class tied -- classified and unclassified level, we understand this amount of new funding, over $0 million -- # 400% increase since these tough sanctions that we've talked about have actually increased. and it's precipitated a number of threats to the renal not just to israel, but

public responsibility for the fire alarm incident. he has apologized. explained the circumstances under which it has occurred. he has been held publicly accountable in the d.c. superior court. paid $1,000 fine. and the ethics committee, on a bipartisan basis here in this congress made clear that no further action was required. the ethics committee, under a republican chair, so why is the author of this resolution, and extreme maga republicans on the floor wasting time and taxpayer resources trying to undermine the credibility of jamaal bowman who was doing his best to serve his constituents including the poorest sections of the bronx and extreme maga republicans on the floor with this sad and silly charade. now extreme maga republicans have said that this is about law and order. give us a break. all you've done is demonstrate throughout the year, including on january 6 and thereafter, that you are not the party of law and order, extreme maga party are the party of lawlessness and disorder. as a matter of fact, the author of the resolution has endorsed donald trump. multiple indictments, someone who undertook a crime wave over and over and over again, proudly smirking that she stands behind donald trump and wants to

so they have to account in its public health responsibility not only for the interest of patients today but also the broad population of patients which is why i'm encouraging the committeeto draw on what we've heard about challenges to the expanded access pathway. that is the avenue that needs to be improved and provides this balance allowing patients today who have high risk tolerance to take unproven medicines while we continue to gather rigorous evidence. however the patient registries are not going to get us there because they are not randomized, not controlled, they are not going to be able to answer the questions in the way patients need to make all thomas and informed decisions about their treatment. we are going to close statements i have been working on this for most of the five years i've been here in the senate and i come from a world where within the logistics and distribution business sometimes when you want to get from here to there. i think we have had a really good discussion with it today and we've heard most importantly from folks that are suffering through it and one lesson to learn we need to have more of that even on other diseases. here the urgency

fda has to account in its public health responsibilities, not only for the interest of patients today, but also the broader population of patients. which is why i'm encouraging the committee to draw on what we have heard about challenges to the expanded access pathway. i think that's the avenue that really needs to be improved and provides this balance. allowing patients today who have high-risk tolerance to take unproven medicines while we continue to gather rigorous evidence. unfortunately patient registries are not going to get us there because they are not randomized, not controlled. and they will not answer the questions in the way they need to make autonomous informed decisions about their treatment. treatment. we are going to close has to leave before we are completed. i won't be offended. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have been working on this for most of the five years that i have been here in the senate. i come from a world where we are in the logistics and distribution business, it is frustrating sometimes when you want to get from here to there. i think we have had a really good discussion with it today, and we have heard most importantly from folks that are s

in the work of relevant parliamentary committees, control over the targeted use of public funds - these are just some of the most important tasks that the accountszes almost all draft laws, which means that the auditor of the accounts chamber takes part in the work of specialized committees in the obligatory okay frankly. and i must say that the assessment is always objective and, which is very pleasant, not always complementary for the ministry, but the truth is the truth, this is the task of the accounts chamber, a meeting of the council of heads of government of the cis is taking place in moscow at this moment; in the past year, i chaired the union of independent states kyrgyzstan, to preside over the union in the new year. russia will be present, the participants of the meeting were greeted by president vladimir putin. this meeting is devoted to a really important topic: the development of cooperation in cultural and humanitarian sphere, because it is the close cultural interrelation and spiritual closeness of our peoples, extensive human contact, and the centuries-old common history of life in one state that are the solid foundation on whic

public health researcher, current assistant administrator of the us agency for international development for global health as well as board-certified in endocrine surgery. pursuant to the committee on oversight and accountability rule 9g, the witnesses will please stand and raise their right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you that you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? thank you, let the record show that the witnesses all answered in the affirmative. the select subcommittee appreciates you being here today. i am sorry we had a delay in this meeting but we are grateful you are here today and look forward to your testimony. let me remind the witnesses we have read your written statements and they will appear in full in the hearing record but please limit your oral statements to 5 minutes. as a reminder please press the button on the microphone in front of you so that it is on when you speak and so the members can hear you. when you begin to speak, the light in front of you will turn green. after four minutes the light will turn yellow. when the red light comes on your 5 minutes has expired and we ask that you please wrap up your st

someone going hold him someone that's going to hold him accountable, that the public, at the when it the end of the day, when it comes committeess an or i'll tell you why, alex. >> because the officials and the ministers don't want to be held accountable. want they want accountable. they want they want blair will have a secret message. go. say this. message. off you go. say this. say . and it keeps us out of say that. and it keeps us out of it. it keeps us at arm's distance. >> don't you think that's a problem? >> eamonn? don't you see? that's a big problem? that we've a really big problem? that we've got door channels got these back door channels that nobody's going to say. what did actually did blair actually say? >> did say? this has >> what did he say? this has always gone on. whether it's henry kissinger china henry kissinger going to china on president, on behalf of the us president, these always go on. and these things always go on. and it's way to solve a particular it's a way to solve a particular problem. other significant problem. the other significant issue is you know, the issue is that, you know, the foreign the p

public responsibility for the fire alarm incident. he has apologized. explained the circumstances under which it has occurred. he has been held publicly accountable in the d.c. superior court. paid $1,000 fine. and the ethics committee, on a bipartisan basis here in this congress made clear that no further action was required. the ethics committee, under a republican chair, so why is the author of this resolution, and extreme maga republicans on the floor wasting time and taxpayer resources trying to undermine the credibility of jamaal bowman who was doing his best to serve his constituents including the poorest sections of the bronx and extreme maga republicans on the floor with this sad and silly charade. now extreme maga republicans have said that this is about law and order. give us a break. all you've done is demonstrate throughout the year, including on january 6 and thereafter, that you are not the party of law and order, extreme maga party are the party of lawlessness and disorder. as a matter of fact, the author of the resolution has endorsed donald trump. multiple indictments, someone who undertook a crime wave over and over and over again, proudly smirking that she stands behind donald trump and wants to