tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post1039637968573608401..comments2024-01-30T07:41:20.885+00:00Comments on Broken Barnet: Looking for Business?Mrs Angryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-62897010610998070942011-04-17T23:41:30.941+01:002011-04-17T23:41:30.941+01:00I believe that this should be a matter for the ext...I believe that this should be a matter for the external auditors, and I think they must be involved as soon as possible.<br /><br />No,we have no details for the remit of the audit committee, and without doubting Monroe Palmer's good intentions, it is obvious that such a body is hardly able to scrutinise this matter on a level equal to the seriousness of the issue.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-31092207434852384622011-04-17T23:27:24.921+01:002011-04-17T23:27:24.921+01:00Do we know the exact terms of reference of the &qu...Do we know the exact terms of reference of the "investigation"?baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-3481675625959239492011-04-17T23:20:30.889+01:002011-04-17T23:20:30.889+01:00But it is surely an on-going matter, and the buck ...But it is surely an on-going matter, and the buck stops at least once a year. <br /><br />Recent payments to "MetPro Rapid Response", a company no longer with us, cannot have been made just because older payments to that same company had ALREADY been made.<br /><br />Are there no annual auditors?<br /><br />And for instance, if I set up a company, and somehow get a payment from Barnet Council, that doesn't imply I can expect to receive payments on presentation of invoices for ever more.baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-43916630983824167202011-04-17T21:24:59.552+01:002011-04-17T21:24:59.552+01:00No doubt the ‘investigation’ will reveal that Metp...No doubt the ‘investigation’ will reveal that Metpro was appointed by an officer who has now left the council and cannot be questioned. Very sorry and all that, but lessons have been learnt - until the next time when a whole new set of lessons will have to be learned.Don't Call Me Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602899129846028170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-2705725494579768642011-04-17T20:03:45.918+01:002011-04-17T20:03:45.918+01:00If the quote above is the totality of LBB's re...If the quote above is the totality of LBB's response to your FOI query and if we know that here are other documents relating to your query (which there MUST be - surely?) which have not been included, does this reply not constitute a deliberate contravention of the FoI law? Does the Info Commissioner have a view?MickeyNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570868546328992414noreply@blogger.com