PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO
THE REPORT
Session 1997-98
MONDAY 19 JANUARY 1998
Members present:
Mr David Davis, in the Chair
| Mr Alan Campbell | Mr Christopher Leslie
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| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
| Mr Charles Wardle |
| Ms Maria Eagle | Mr Alan Williams
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| Mr Phil Hope |
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Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General,
was further examined.
The Committee deliberated.
Mr Frank Martin, Second Treasury Officer of Accounts,
was further examined.
The Comptroller and Auditor General's report on Regulating
and Monitoring the Quality of Services Provided to Customers by
the Water Industry in England and Wales (HC 388) was considered.
Mr Ian Byatt, Director General, Mr M Saunders, Assistant
Director and Head of Consumer Affairs, and Mr C Wilkinson, Chairman
of Central Customer Service Committee, the Office of Water Services,
were examined (HC 483-i).
[Adjourned till Wednesday 21 January at half past
Four o'clock.
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Session 1997-98
MONDAY 11 MAY 1998
Members present:
Mr David Davis, in the Chair
| Mr Ian Davidson | Mr Christopher Leslie
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| Mr Geraint Davies | Mr Andrew Love
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| Ms Maria Eagle | Mr Richard Page
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| Ms Jane Griffiths | Mr Charles Wardle
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| Mr Phil Hope | Mr Alan Williams
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Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General,
was further examined.
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Draft Report (The Water Industry in England and Wales:
Regulating the Quality of Services to Customers), 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 66 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 4 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report
be the Thirty-sixth 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.
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[Adjourned till Wednesday 13 May at half past Four
o'clock.
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