PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT
(SESSION 1996-97)
MONDAY 17 FEBRUARY 1997
Members present:
Mr Robert Sheldon, in the Chair
| Mr Denzil Davies | Sir Michael Shersby
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| Mr Michael Stern | Mr Richard Tracey
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| Mr Mike Hall | Mr Tim Smith
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| Mr Gerry Sutcliffe | Mr Alan Williams
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Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor
General, was further examined.
The Committee deliberated.
Mr J Mortimer, Treasury Officer of Accounts
was further examined.
The Comptroller and Auditor General's report
on Criminal Legal Aid Means Testing in the Magistrates' Courts
(HC 615) was considered.
Sir Thomas Legg, KCB, QC, Permanent Secretary
and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, the Lord Chancellor's Department,
was examined (HC 321-i) l;
[Adjourned till Wednesday next at half past Four
o'clock.
(SESSION 1997-98)
MONDAY 8 DECEMBER 1997
Members present:
Mr David Davis in the Chair
| Mr Alan Campbell | Ms Maria Eagle
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| Mr Andrew Love | Mr Richard Page
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| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Ms Jane Griffiths
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| Mr Robert Maclennan | Mr Alan Williams
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Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor
General, was further examined.
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Criminal Legal Aids Means Testing
in the Magistrates' Courts), proposed by the Chairman, brought
up and read.
Ordered, That the
draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 3 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 4 postponed.
Paragraphs 5 to 45 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 4 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the
Report be the Thirteenth Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the
Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the
provisions of Standing Order No. 134 (Select Committees (Reports))
be applied to the Report.
[Adjourned till Wednesday next at a quarter past
Four o'clock.
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