Select Committee on Public Accounts Minutes of Proceedings Report


WEDNESDAY 3 JULY 2002

  Members present:


  Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair

 
Mr Nigel Jones
Mr Richard BaconMr George Osborne
Mr Ian DavidsonMr David Rendel
Geraint DaviesMr Gerry Steinberg
Mr George HowarthMr Alan Williams
Mr Brian Jenkins

Mr Tim Burr, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, was further examined.

The Committee deliberated.

Mr Rob Molan, Second Treasury Officer of Accounts, was further examined.

The Comptroller and Auditor General's Report on The 2001 Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (HC 939), was considered.

Mr Brian Bender CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, was further examined; Mr Jim Scudamore, Director General for Animal Health and Welfare, and Chief Veterinary Officer, and Mr George Trevelyan, Director, FMD Operations, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, were examined (HC 1048-i).

Mr Brian Jenkins declared an interest as having been a Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food during the period under consideration.

The witnesses withdrew.

The Committee further deliberated (autumn programme).

Resolved, That the Committee approve the proposed programme of inquiries from 21 October to 18 December.—(The Chairman).

Draft Report (Department for International Development: Performance Management - Helping to reduce World Poverty), 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 27 read and agreed to.

Postponed paragraph 4 read and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Forty-eighth 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 (Ensuring that Policies Deliver Value for Money), 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 25 read and agreed to.

Postponed paragraph 4 read and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Forty-ninth 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 (Pipes and Wires), 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 34 read and agreed to.

Postponed paragraph 4 read and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Fiftieth 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 Wednesday 17 July at Four o'clock.





 
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