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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 15 December 1997.

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

TAKEN BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

MONDAY 15 DECEMBER 1997

Members present:

Mr David Davis, in the Chair	Mr Christopher Leslie
Mr Alan Campbell	Mr Andrew Love
Mr Ian Davidson	Mr Richard Page
Mr Geraint Davies	Mr Charles Wardle
Ms Jane Griffiths	Mr Alan Williams
Mr Phil Hope

NB: In these Minutes of Evidence asterisks denote that all or part of a question or answer have not been reported

Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, and Mr John Higgins, Assistant Auditor General, National Audit Office, further examined.

REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL:

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES IN THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES: HC 13

MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES IN THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES (PAC 97-98)

Supplementary Memorandum by the Comptroller and Auditor General

Examination of Witnesses

SIR JOHN KERR, KCMG, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, and MR PETER WESTMACOTT, LVO, Director Americas, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; MR JOHN KERBY, Director, Eastern Europe and Western Hemisphere, Department for International Development, and MR LEE BEAUMONT, Head of Airport Security, Transport Security Branch, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, examined.

MR JAMIE MORTIMER, Treasury Officer of Accounts, further examined.

Question Number
1 - 19
20 - 39
40 - 59
60 - 79
80 - 99
100 - 119
120 - 139
140 - 158

Appendix 1
Appendix 2

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Prepared 21 May 1998