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WEDNESDAY 30 JANUARY 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
| Mr Richard Bacon | Mr Brian Jenkins
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| Mr Ian Davidson | Mr David Rendel
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| Geraint Davies | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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| Mr Nick Gibb | Mr Alan Williams
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Sir John Bourn KCB, 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 Improving student
achievement in English higher education (HC 486) was considered.
Mr David Normington CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education
and Skills; and Professor Sir Howard Newby CBE, Chief Executive,
Higher Education Funding Council for England were further examined;
and Mr Jeff Jones, Account Director, National Audit Office, was
examined (HC 588-i ).
The witnesses withdrew.
The Committee further deliberated.
Resolved, That copies of the corrected transcript of evidence
taken before the Committee on 28 and 30 January be placed in the
Library of the House of Commons for the use of Members and the
Records Office, House of Lords, for public inspection.—(Mr
David Rendel).
Draft Report (Ministry of Defence: Maximising the Benefits of
Defence Equipment Co-operation), 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 47 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 4 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Seventeenth 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.
Another draft Report (Inland Flood Defence), proposed by the Chairman,
brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph
by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 6 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 7 postponed.
Paragraphs 8 to 51 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 7 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Eighteenth 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 4 February at half past Four o'clock.
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