EXHIBIT 6.(A)


                        Pacific Life and Annuity Company
                      Pacific Select Exec Separate Account

                      Consent to the use of our reports in
                       Registration Statement on Form S-6
                     for Pacific Select Estate Preserver-NY

                                  June 6, 2001


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Pacific Select Exec
Separate Account of Pacific Life & Annuity Company on Form S-6 of our report
dated February 6, 2001, related to the statement of assets and liabilities of
Pacific Select Exec Separate Account of Pacific Life & Annuity Company as of
December 31, 2000, and the related statement of operations and statement of
changes in net assets for the periods from commencement of operations through
December 31, 2000, and of our report dated February 26, 2001, related to the
financial statements - statutory basis of Pacific Life & Annuity Company as of
December 31, 2000 and 1999, and for each of the two years in the period ended
December 31, 2000, which report expresses an unqualified opinion with respect to
the presentation of such financial statements-statutory basis in accordance with
the accounting basis prescribed or permitted by the Insurance Department of the
State of Arizona, which is a comprehensive basis of accounting other than
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and
also states that such financial statements-statutory basis, are not presented
fairly in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America, appearing in the Prospectus of Statement of Pacific Select
Estate Preserver-NY, which is part of such Registration Statement.

We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" appearing in
such Prospectus.



DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Costa Mesa, California
June 6, 2001