PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING
TO
THE REPORT
WEDNESDAY 21 APRIL 1999
Members present:
Mr Archy Kirkwood, in the Chair
| Ms Karen Buck | Kali Mountford
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| Mr Andrew Dismore | Mr Chris Pond
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| Mrs Joan Humble | Dr Doug Naysmith
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| Mr Edward Leigh | Ms Debra Shipley
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That
the Committee do inquire into the changes to the administration
of social security and child support appeals.
WEDNESDAY 23 JUNE 1999
[MORNING SITTING]
Members present:
Mr Archy Kirkwood, in the
Chair
| Ms Karen Buck
| Dr Doug Naysmith
|
| Mr Andrew Dismore
| Mr Chris Pond
|
| Mrs Joan Humble
| Ms Debra Shipley
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| Mr Edward Leigh
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The Committee deliberated.
Modernisation of Social Security
Appeals: Mr John Eames, Wiltshire Law Centre, Ms Djuna Thurley,
Child Poverty Action Group, Ms Jude Hawes, Stoke on Trent Citizens
Advice Bureau, and Ms Anne Galbraith, Council on Tribunals, were
examined.
Modernisation of Social Security
Appeals: Judge Michael Harris, President, and Mr Neil Ward, Chief
Executive, Independent Tribunal Service/The Appeals Service, were
examined.
[Adjourned
till this day at a quarter to Four o'clock.
WEDNESDAY 20 OCTOBER 1999
Members present:
Mr Archy Kirkwood, in the
Chair
| Ms Karen Buck
| Dr Doug Naysmith
|
| Mr Andrew Dismore
| Mr Chris Pond
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| Mrs Joan Humble
| Ms Debra Shipley
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| Miss Julie Kirkbride
| Mr Desmond Swayne
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| Mr Edward Leigh
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The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (The Modernisation of
Social Security Appeals), proposed by the Chairman, brought up
and read.
Ordered,
That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 12 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 13 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 14 and 15 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 16 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 17 to 29 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 30 read, amended and agreed to.
A paragraph - (Mr Andrew Dismore)- brought
up, read the first and second time and inserted (now paragraph
31).
Paragraph 31 (now paragraph 32) read and agreed to.
Another paragraph - (Mr Andrew Dismore)- brought
up, read the first and second time and inserted (now paragraph
33).
Paragraphs 34 to 37 (now paragraphs 36 to 39) read
and agreed to.
Paragraph 38 (now paragraph 40) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 39 to 44 (now paragraphs 41 to 46) read
and agreed to.
Paragraph 45 (now paragraph 47) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 46 to 59 (now paragraphs 48 to 61) read
and agreed to.
Resolved,
That the Report, as amended, be the Eighth 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.
Several Papers were ordered to be appended to the
Minutes of Evidence.
Ordered, That the Appendices
to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee be reported
to the House. - (The Chairman.)
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