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PRESENT: OFFICERS President Hon. Kenneth Marende, MP, Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya Vice-President Rt Hon. Lord Foulkes of Cumnock MSP, for Rt Hon. John Bercow, MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, United Kingdom Vice-Chairperson Hon. Kathleen Casey, MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Prince Edward Island (also Canadian Regional Representative) Treasurer Hon. Hashim Abdul ...

On July 25, 2011 HRH The Princess Royal officially opened the 57th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. The Right Honourable Baroness Hayman, Lord Speaker and the Right Honourable John Bercow, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons, UK, addressed the participants and extended a warm welcome to all.

Senior public servants have been designated “accounting officers” in the United Kingdom since 1872, and as such, they have specific, personal responsibility for financial administration in their departments. Canada, on the other hand, has had vigorous debates over whether to adopt the accounting officer model. There have been concerns that it runs contrary to the doctrine of ministerial ...