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WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
| Mr Richard Bacon | Mr George Osborne
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| Mr Ian Davidson | Mr David Rendel
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| Mr Barry Gardiner | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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| Mr Nick Gibb | Jon Trickett
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| Mr Brian Jenkins | Mr Alan Williams
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Mr Tim Burr, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, was further
examined.
The Committee deliberated.
Mr Rob Molan, Second Treasury Officer of Accounts, was examined.
The Comptroller and Auditor General's Report on Agricultural fraud:
The case of Joseph Bowden (HC 615) was considered.
Mr Brian Bender CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs, was further examined; and Mr Johnston
McNeill, Chief Executive, and Mr Hugh MacKinnon, Operations Director,
Rural Payments Agency, were examined (HC 684-i).
Mr George Osborne declared an interest as having been a Special
Adviser to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food between
1995 and 1997.
A division of the House being called, the Chairman suspended the
meeting for ten minutes.
The Committee resumed.
The witnesses were further examined.
The witnesses withdrew.
The Committee further deliberated.
Draft Report (Better Regulation: Making good use of Regulatory
Impact Assessments), 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 45 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 5 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Twenty-sixth 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 (The Medical Assessment of Incapacity and
Disability Benefits), 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.
Paragraph 47 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 48 to 50 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 5 read, amended and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report, as amended, be the Twenty-seventh
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 11 March at half past Four o'clock.
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