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WEDNESDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
| Mr Richard Bacon | Mr Nick Gibb
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| Geraint Davies | Mr Brian Jenkins
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| Mr Barry Gardiner | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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Mr Tim Burr, Deputy 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 Opening the Post:
Postcomm and postal services—the risks and opportunities
(HC 521) was considered.
Mr Martin Stanley, Chief Executive, and Mr Graham Corbett CBE,
Chairman, Postal Services Commission, were examined; Mr Harry
Bush, Director, Enterprise and Growth Unit, HM Treasury, was examined
(HC 632-i).
The witnesses withdrew.
The Committee further deliberated.
Resolved, That, further to the evidence taken this day,
the Committee do take evidence from Consignia on the Comptroller
and Auditor General's Report on Opening the Post: Postcomm and
postal services - the risks and opportunities.
Draft Report (The Channel Tunnel Rail Link), 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 47 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 5 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Twenty-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.
Another draft Report (Report on Inland Revenue Appropriation Account
1999-2000), 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 43 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 4 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Twenty-third 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 25 February at half past Four o'clock.
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