Select Committee on Public Accounts Nineteenth Report


PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

(Session 1996-97)

WEDNESDAY 22 JANUARY 1997

Members present:

Mr Robert Sheldon, in the Chair

Sir Kenneth Carlisle Mr Robert Maclennan
Mr Michael Stern Mr Mike Watson
Mr Denzil Davies Mr Andrew Rowe
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe Mr Alan Williams
Mr Mike Hall Sir Michael Shersby
Mr Charles Wardle


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

  

  Mr J Higgins, Assistant Auditor General, was examined.

  The Committee deliberated.

  Mr J Breckenridge, Assistant Treasury Officer of Accounts, was further examined.

  The Comptroller and Auditor General's report on Aid to Indonesia (HC 101) was considered.

  Mr John Vereker, CB, Permanent Secretary, Mr R Manning, Director General, Resources and Mr J Kerby, Director, Asia and Pacific Division, the Overseas Development Administration, were examined (HC 235-i).

[Adjourned till Monday next at half past Four o'clock.

  

(Session 1997-98)

WEDNESDAY 17 DECEMBER 1997

Members present:

Mr David Davis, in the Chair

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Ms Jane Griffiths
Mr Christopher Leslie Mr Alan Williams
Ms Maria Eagle Mr Phil Hope
Mr Robert Maclennan


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

  The Committee deliberated.

  Draft Report (Overseas Development Administration: Aid to Indonesia), 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.

  Paragraphs 3 to 55 read and agreed to.

  Postponed paragraph 2 read and agreed to.

  Resolved, That the Report be the Nineteenth 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 Monday 12 January 1998 at half past Four o'clock.



 
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