WEDNESDAY 16 JANUARY 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
Mr Richard Bacon | Mr David Rendel
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Mr Ian Davidson | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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Mr Nick Gibb | Jon Trickett
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Mr George Osborne | 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 Royal Travel by
Air and Rail (HC 25) was considered.
Sir Richard Mottram KCB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport,
Local Government and the Regions; Sir Michael Peat KCVO, Keeper
of the Privy Purse, Royal Household; and Mr Ian McEwen, Command
Secretary, Strike Command, Royal Air Force, were examined; Mr
Tim Burr, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, was further
examined; and Mr Joe Cavanagh, Director, National Audit Office,
was examined (HC 529-i).
Draft Report (How English Further Education Colleges can improve
Student Performance), 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 30 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 5 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifteenth 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 Monday 21 January at half past Four o'clock.
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