My clear understanding is that auditors do have access to the relevant accounts of the contractor, but that would probably differ a great deal from one contract to another. I therefore need to make sure that in saying that they have access I am talking about all the cases rather than some. It may well be that a number of contracts differ one from the other.
Local Audit and Accountability Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 24 June 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Local Audit and Accountability Bill [HL].
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