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MONDAY 10 DECEMBER 2001
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
| Mr Richard Bacon | Mr George Osborne
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| Mr Barry Gardiner | Mr David Rendel
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| Mr Nick Gibb | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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| Mr Brian Jenkins | 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 Ministry of Defence:
Major Projects Report 2001 (HC 330) was considered.
Sir Robert Walmsley KCB, FREng, Chief of Defence Procurement and
Chief Executive, Defence Procurement Agency, was further examined;
Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham KCB, Deputy Chief of Defence
Staff (Equipment Capability), Ministry of Defence, was examined;
and Mr Tim Banfield, Director, National Audit Office, was examined
(HC 448-i).
Ordered, That, for the remainder of the evidence to be
taken this day, the Committee meet in private.—(The Chairman).
The witnesses were further examined.
The witnesses withdrew.
Draft Report (Office of Gas and Electricity Markets: Giving Domestic
Customers a Choice of Electricity Supplier), 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 46 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 5 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Eleventh 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 Committee (Reports)) be applied to the Report.
Another draft Report (The Radiocommunications Agency's Joint Venture
with CMG), 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 39 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 4 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Twelfth 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 Committee (Reports)) be applied to the Report.
The Committee further deliberated (Royal Palaces).
[Adjourned until Wednesday 12 December at Four o'clock.
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