Commonwealth parliamentarians and clerks from all over the Asia Pacific region will be meeting in Nadi from today to discuss how best to scrutinise government spending.
Forty delegates are travelling from the Cook Islands, Fiji, India, Malaysia, Maldives, New South Wales, Niue, Pakistan, Solomon Islands, Tasmania and the UK.
The workshop will focus on Public Accounts Committees (PACs).
“At this time of increasing global uncertainty, value for money, control over government spending and transparency are more important than ever,” said Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, Chair of the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee.
“I look forward to meeting with colleagues from across the Commonwealth to discuss the role of PACs and how we can run them as effectively as possible.”
The workshop is organised and delivered by the UK Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA UK) in partnership with the Parliament of Fiji.
