PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
SIR,—Nicholas Davenport considers that the Public Accounts Committee is a poor substi- tute for shareholders' control, and that Mini- ster-appointed public boards for nationalised industries are 'an undemocratic set-up' as they arc not even subject to adequate Parliamentary supervision. Since we are all 'shareholders' in these nationalised industries and public ser- vices, and as we arc represented by our Member of Parliament, would not the concept of 'public ownership' be more fully realised were all Members of Parliament to be given the powers of shareholders, and held respon- sible for exercising these powers actively, on behalf of their constituents, by using their shareholder's vote to ensure that the best quali- fied persons were appointed as directors?— Yours faithfully,
4 Grafton Road, Winchester
H. R. FELL?
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