sentences:  In 2009 he was elected Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and President of the Chairman's Committee – a Committee consisting of all the Chairmen of the various scrutiny panels and PAC.He resigned from the post of President of Chairman's Committee in 2011 on a matter of principle upon which he was later vindicated.He decided not to stand for re-election and his term of office ended 14 November 2011.