PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT
(SESSION 1996-97)
MONDAY 10 MARCH 1997
Members present:
Mr Robert Sheldon, in the Chair
| Sir Kenneth Carlisle | Mr Charles Wardle
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| Mr Gerry Sutcliffe | Sir Michael Shersby
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| Mr Denzil Davies | Mr Alan Williams
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| Mr Richard Tracey | Mr Tim Smith
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| Mr Andrew Rowe | |
Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor
General, was further examined.
The Committee deliberated.
Mr J. Breckenridge, Assistant Treasury Officer
of Accounts, was further examined.
The Comptroller and Auditor General's report
on HM Customs and Excise: the Seizure of Drug Traffickers' Assets
(HC 668) was considered.
Mrs V P M Strachan, CB, Chairman, and Mr M J
Eland, Commissioner and Director Customs Policy, HM Customs and
Excise, were examined (HC 384-i).
[Adjourned till Wednesday next at a quarter past
Four o'clock.
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 | Rt Hon Alan Williams
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Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor
General, was further examined.
The Committee deliberated.
Another draft Report (HM Customs and Excise:
The Seizure of Drug Traffickers' Assets), proposed by the Chairman,
brought up and read.
Ordered, That the
draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraph 1 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 2 postponed.
Paragraph 3 to 29 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 2 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the
Report, as amended, be the Fourteenth 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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