PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT
SESSION 2000-2001
MONDAY 18 DECEMBER 2000
Members present:
Mr David Davis in the Chair
Mr Alan Campbell
Mr Ian Davidson
Mr Geraint Davies
Mr Barry Gardiner
Mr Edward Leigh |
Mr Andrew Love
Mr David Rendel
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Mr Alan Williams
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Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General,
was further examined.
The Committee deliberated.
Mr Brian Glicksman, Treasury Officer of Accounts,
was further examined.
The Comptroller and Auditor General's report on Maintaining
the Royal Palaces (HC 563) was considered.
Mr Robin Young, Permanent Secretary, the Department
for Culture, Media and Sport; and Sir Michael Peat, KCVO, Keeper
of the Privy Purse, were examined (HC 77-i).
[Adjourned until Monday 15 January 2001 at half past
Four o'clock.
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MONDAY 12 MARCH 2001
Members present:
Mr Simon Burns
Mr Nigel Griffiths |
Mr David Rendel
Mr Alan Williams |
In the absence of the Chairman, Mr Alan Williams
was called to the Chair.
Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General,
was further examined.
The Committee deliberated.
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Draft Report (Maintaining Royal Palaces), 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.
Paragraph 5 postponed.
Paragraphs 6 to 18 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 19 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 20 to 24 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 25 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 26 to 31 read and agreed to.
A paragraph—(Mr Alan Williams)—brought
up, read the first and second time and inserted (now paragraph
32).
Another paragraph—(Mr Alan Williams)—brought
up, read the first and second time and inserted (now paragraph
33).
Paragraph 32 (now paragraph 34) read and agreed
to.
Another paragraph—(Mr Alan Williams)—brought
up, read the first and second time and inserted (now paragraph
35).
Paragraph 33 (now paragraph 36) read and agreed
to.
Postponed paragraph 5 again read, amended 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.—(Mr Alan Williams).
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[Adjourned until Wednesday 14 March at half past
Four o'clock.
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