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Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 22 December 2017 (HL4283), what assessment they have made of (1) the sufficiency of the independence of the Financial Reporting Council from the accounting industry to monitor the provision of auditing services in accordance with the EU Audit Regulation, and (2) whether conflicts of interest are managed in a way that encourages confidence in audit quality.  HL4490

Question HL4490: tabled on 8 January 2018 and due for answer by 22 January 2018

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Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 22 December 2017 (HL4283), what assessment they have made of (1) the sufficiency of the independence of the Financial Reporting Council from the accounting industry to monitor the provision of auditing services in accordance with the EU Audit Regulation, and (2) whether conflicts of interest are managed in a way that encourages confidence in audit quality.  HL4490
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