PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING
TO THE REPORT
THURSDAY 15 JUNE 2000
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr David Faber
Mrs Llin Golding
Mr Alan Keen |
Mr John Maxton
Ms Claire Ward
Derek Wyatt |
Marking the Millennium in the United Kingdom: Ms
Jennie Page CBE was examined.
Derek Wyatt declared that his receipt of tickets
for New Year's Eve celebrations at the Millennium Dome had been
recorded in the Register of Members' Interests.
Ms Claire Ward declared that she had received tickets
to the New Year's Eve celebrations at the Millennium Dome.
Mr Alan Keen declared that he had received tickets
to the New Year's Eve celebrations at the Millennium Dome.
Mr David Clayton-Smith, Former Director, Customer
Marketing, Boots The Chemists, Mr Keith Faulkner, Director of
Public Affairs/Company Secretary, Manpower plc, and Mr Adrian
Hosford, Director, Millennium Projects, BT, were examined.
Ms Gillian Thomas OBE, Chief Executive, @Bristol,
Mr Brian Bassett, Director of Finance and Operations, The National
Botanic Garden of Wales, and Mr Ben Stoneham, Chairman, Portsmouth
Harbour Renaissance Limited, were examined.
[Adjourned till Thursday 29 June at Ten o'clock.
THURSDAY 29 JUNE 2000
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr David Faber
Mr Ronnie Fearn
Mrs Llin Golding
Mr Alan Keen
| Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr John Maxton
Mrs Diana Organ
Ms Claire Ward
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Marking the Millennium in the United Kingdom: Mr
David Quarmby, Chairman, and Mr Pierre-Yves Gerbeau, Chief Executive,
the New Millennium Experience Company, were examined.
Mr Ronnie Fearn declared that he had received tickets
to the New Year's Eve celebrations at the Millennium Dome.
Councillor Bob Harris, Executive Officer responsible
for regeneration, and Mr David McCollum, Director of Development
and Leisure Services, Greenwich Council, were examined.
Mr Guy Hands, Managing Director, Principal Finance
Group, Nomura International plc, Mr Peter Middleton, Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer, Dome Europe, Mr Mike Swinney, President,
HyperEntertainment, Ms Barbara Anderson, Responsible for e-commerce,
Principal Finance Group, Nomura International plc, and Mr Gwilym
Jones, Associate Director, Ove Arup and Partners, Dome Europe,
were examined.
Mr Robert Bourne, Chief Executive, Mr Tom Quinn,
Deputy Chairman, Mr John Precious, Finance Director, and Mr Bruce
Walker, Business Development Director, Legacy plc, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 12 July at Ten o'clock.
WEDNESDAY 26 JULY 2000
Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair
Mr David Faber
Mr Ronnie Fearn
Mrs Llin Golding
Mr Alan Keen |
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr John Maxton
Ms Claire Ward |
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Draft Report (Marking the Millennium in the United
Kingdom), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the Chairman's
draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraph 1 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 2 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 3 to 8 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 9 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 10 to 27 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 28 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 29 and 30 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 31 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 32 to 36 read and agreed to.
A paragraph—(Mr David Faber)—brought
up, read the first and second time, amended and inserted (now
paragraph 37).
Paragraph 37 (now paragraph 38) read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 38 and 39 (now paragraphs 39 and 40) read,
amended and agreed to.
A paragraph—(Mr David Faber)—brought
up, read the first and second time, amended and inserted (now
paragraph 41).
A paragraph—(Mr David Faber)—brought
up, read the first and second time, amended and inserted (now
paragraph 42).
Paragraph 40 (now paragraph 43) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 41 to 43 (now paragraphs 44 to 46) read
and agreed to.
Paragraph 44 (now paragraph 47) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 45 to 47 (now paragraphs 48 to 50) read
and agreed to.
Paragraph 48 (now paragraph 51) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 49 and 50 (now paragraphs 52 and 53) read
and agreed to.
Paragraph 51 (now paragraph 54) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 52 to 55 (now paragraphs 55 to 58) read
and agreed to.
Paragraphs 56 to 58 (now paragraphs 59 to 61) read,
amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 59 to 62 (now paragraphs 62 to 65) read
and agreed to.
Paragraph 63 read and postponed.
A paragraph—(Mr David Faber)—brought
up, read the first and second time, amended and inserted (now
paragraph 66).
Paragraphs 64 to 67 (now paragraphs 67 to 70) read
and agreed to.
Paragraph 68 (now paragraph 71) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraph 69 (now paragraph 72) read and agreed to.
Paragraph 70 (now paragraph 73) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 71 to 77 (now paragraphs 74 to 80) read
and agreed to.
Paragraph 78 (now paragraph 81) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 79 to 82 (now paragraphs 82 to 85) read
and agreed to.
A paragraph—(Mr David Faber)—brought
up, read the first and second time and inserted (now paragraph
86).
Paragraphs 83 to 88 (now paragraphs 87 to 92) read
and agreed to.
Paragraph 89 (now paragraph 93) read, amended and
agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 63 again read and agreed to (now
paragraph 94).
Paragraph 90 (now paragraph 95) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 91 to 94 (now paragraphs 96 to 99) read
and agreed to.
A paragraph—(Mr David Faber)—brought
up, read the first and second time, amended and inserted (now
paragraph 100).
Paragraph 95 (now paragraph 101) read and agreed
to.
A paragraph—(Mr David Faber)—brought
up, read the first and second time, amended and inserted (now
paragraph 102).
Paragraphs 96 to 107 (now paragraphs 103 to 114)
read and agreed to.
Paragraph 108 (now paragraph 115) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraph 109 (now paragraph 116) read and agreed
to.
A paragraph—(The Chairman)—brought
up, read the first and second time, amended and inserted (now
paragraph 117).
Paragraph 110 (now paragraph 118) read and agreed
to.
Paragraph 111 (now paragraph 119) read, amended and
agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report,
as amended, be the Eighth Report of the Committee to the House.—(The
Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman
do make the Report to the House.
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.)
Several memoranda were ordered to be reported to
the House.
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[Adjourned till Tuesday 31 October at Ten o'clock.
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