Select Committee on Public Accounts First Report


PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

SESSION 1999-2000

WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH 2000

Members present:

Mr David Davis in the Chair


Mr Alan CampbellMr Gerry Steinberg
Mr Barry GardinerMr Charles Wardle
Mr Nigel Griffiths Mr Alan Williams
Mr Andrew Love

  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 Inpatient Admissions and Bed Management in NHS Acute Hospitals (HC 255) was considered.

  Sir Alan Langlands, Chief Executive, the NHS Executive, was examined (HC 391-i).

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[Adjourned until Monday 3 April at half past Four o'clock.


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SESSION 2000-2001

MONDAY 15 JANUARY 2001

Members present:

Mr David Davis in the Chair


Mr Simon BurnsMr David Rendel
Mr Alan CampbellMr Gerry Steinberg
Mr Edward LeighMr Alan Williams
Mr Jim Murphy

  Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, was further examined.

  The Committee deliberated.

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  Draft Report (Inpatient Admission, Bed Management and Patient Discharge in NHS Acute Hospitals), 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 52 read and agreed to.

  Postponed paragraph 4 read and agreed to.

  Resolved, That the Report be the First 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. 135 (Select Committees (Reports)) be applied to the Report.

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[Adjourned until Monday 17 January at half past Four o'clock.




 
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