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MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

TAKEN BEFORE THE SOCIAL SECURITY COMMITTEE

WEDNESDAY 19 JANUARY 2000



Members present:


Mr Archy Kirkwood, in the Chair
Mr David CrausbyMr Edward Leigh
Mr Andrew DismoreDr Doug Naysmith
Mrs Joan HumbleMr Lawrence Robertson
Mr Andy KingMr Desmond Swayne






CONTENTS

Joint memorandum submitted by Disability Alliance and the Royal Assocation for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR) (BAMS 27)


Memorandum submitted by the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (NACAB) (BAMS 6)

Memorandum submitted by MIND (National Association for Mental Health) (BAMS 39)



Examination of Witnesses

MS CLAIRE MCCALL, NACAB, MS MARGARET LAVERY, Social Security Officer, RADAR, MS ALISON COBB, Policy Officer, MIND, and MS JUDY STENGER, Welfare Rights Adviser, Neath MIND, examined.

Question Number

1 - 19

20 - 39

40 - 59

60 - 65



Supplementary memorandum submitted by the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (NACAB) (BAMS 46)

Further memorandum submitted by MIND (BAMS 52)

Memorandum submitted by the British Medical Association (BMA) (BAMS 18)

Memorandum submitted by The Benefits Agency Sessional Doctors Association (BASDA) (BAMS 26)

Letter from Dr Stephen Coles to Archie Norman MP regarding Expense Payments to Benefits Agency Doctors by NDA

Letter from Dr Stephen Coles to Mr Simon Overgage, Operations Manager NDA re: Mileage Expenses

Letter from Medical Services to Full Time Medical Advisers and Sessional Doctors

Letter to Roger Gale MP from Stephen Timms MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Social Security

Further memorandum submitted by the Benefits Agency Sessional Doctors Association (BASDA) (BAMS 45)



Examination of Witnesses

DR PETER HOLDEN, Chairman of the Professional Fees Committee, British Medical Association, DR BERNARD LEE, Chairman of the Benefits Agency Sessional Doctors Association and DR DONALD HUDSON, Membership Secretary of the Benefits Agency Sessional Doctors Association, examined.

Question Number

66 - 79

80 - 99

100 - 116



Memorandum submitted by the Department of Social Security (BAMS 28)

Annex 1

Annex 2

Annex 3

Annex 4



Examination of Witnesses

DR MANSEL AYLWARD, Chief Medical Adviser, DSS, MR DON BRERETON, Policy Director with responsibility for Social Security Policies for Sick and Disabled People, DSS, and MR NORMAN HAIGHTON, Project Director with responsibility for Medical Services, Benefits Agency, examined.

Question Number

117 - 119

120 - 137


 
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