PROCEEDINGS OF THE
COMMITTEE
RELATING TO THE REPORT
Session 1997-98
MONDAY 11 MARCH 1998
Members present:
Mr David Davis, in
the Chair
| Mr Alan Campbell
| 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.
The Committee deliberated.
Mr Jamie Mortimer, Treasury
Officer of Accounts, was further examined.
The Comptroller and Auditor
General's report on The Appropriation Accounts 1996-97 Class V,
Vote 7: Passenger Rail Services (HC 251-v) was considered.
Mr John O'Brien, Franchising
Director, Mr C Stokes, Deputy Franchising Director and Mr D Revolta,
Principal Finance Officer, the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising,
were examined (HC 625-i).
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[Adjourned till Monday 16 March
at half past Four o'clock.
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Session 1997-98
WEDNESDAY 1 JULY 1998
Members present:
Mr David Davis, in
the Chair
| Mr Alan Campbell
| Mr Robert Maclennan
|
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
| Mr Richard Page
|
| Ms Jane Griffiths
| Mr Charles Wardle
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| Mr Christopher Leslie
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Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller
and Auditor General, was further examined.
The Committee deliberated.
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Draft Report (Appropriation
Accounts 1996-97 Class V, Vote 7: Passenger Rail Service), 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 41 read and
agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 4 read
and agreed to.
Resolved,
That the Report be the Fifty-third 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 15
July at half past Four o'clock.
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