Select Committee on Public Accounts Second Report


PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

SESSION 1999-2000

MONDAY 17 APRIL 2000

Members present:


Mr David Davis in the Chair
Mr Andrew LoveMr Gerry Steinberg
Mr Jim MurphyMr Alan Williams
Mr David Rendel

  Mr R N Le Marechal, CB, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, was further examined.

  The Committee deliberated.

  Mr Glenn Hull, Second Treasury Officer of Accounts, was further examined.

  The Comptroller and Auditor General's report on The Court Funds Office: Funds in Court: Unclaimed Balances (HC 833) was considered.

  Sir Hayden Phillips, KCB, Permanent Secretary, The Lord Chancellor's Department; and Mr Nick Smedley, Acting Chief Executive, the Public Trust Office, were further examined (HC 439-i).

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[Adjourned until Monday 8 May at half past Four o'clock.



SESSION 2000-2001

WEDNESDAY 17 JANUARY 2001

Members present:

Mr David Davis in the Chair


Mr Simon BurnsMr Gerry Steinberg
Mr Alan CampbellMr Alan Williams
Mr Ian Davidson

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

  The Committee deliberated.

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  Draft Report (Public Trust Office: Unclaimed Balances held in Funds in Court and the Office's 1998-99 Accounts), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.

  Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.

  Paragraphs 1 to 4 read and agreed to.

  Paragraphs 5 to 7 postponed.

  Paragraphs 8 to 46 read and agreed to.

  Postponed paragraphs 5 to 7 read and agreed to.

  Resolved, That the Report be the Second 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.

[Adjourned until Wednesday 24 January at half past Four o'clock.




 
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