Select Committee on Public Accounts Thirtieth Report


PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

MONDAY 8 DECEMBER 1997

Members present:

Mr David Davis in the Chair


Mr Alan CampbellMr Andrew Love
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Mr Robert Maclennan
Ms Maria EagleMr Richard Page
Ms Jane GriffithsMr Alan Williams


Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, was further examined.

The Committee deliberated.

Mr Jamie Mortimer, Treasury Office of Accounts, was further examined.

The Comptroller and Auditor General's report on Prison Catering (HC 277) was considered.

Mr Richard Tilt, Director General, and Mr Hugh Taylor, Director of Administration and Services, The Prison Service, were examined (HC 419-i).

[Adjourned till Wednesday 10 December at half past Four o'clock

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MONDAY 30 MARCH 1998

Members present:

Mr David Davis in the Chair


Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Mr Christopher Leslie
Ms Maria EagleMr Andrew Love
Ms Jane GriffithsMr Alan Williams
Mr Phil Hope


Mr R N Le Marechal, CB, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, was further examined.

The Committee deliberated.

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Another draft Report (The Prison Service: Prison Catering), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.

Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.

Paragraphs 1 to 4 read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 5 and 6 postponed.

Paragraphs 7 to 42 read and agreed to.

Postponed paragraphs 5 and 6 read and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Thirtieth Report of the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the provisions of Standing Order No. 134 (Select Committees (Reports)) be applied to the Report.

[Adjourned till Wednesday 1 April at half past Four o'clock


 
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