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WEDNESDAY 17 JULY 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
| Mr Richard Bacon | Mr George Osborne
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| Geraint Davies | Mr David Rendel
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| Mr Frank Field | 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 Nigel Jones | |
Mr Tim Burr, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, was further
examined.
The Committee deliberated (consideration of Chairman's draft Reports).
Draft Report (Agricultural fraud: The case of Joseph Bowden),
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 30 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 7 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifty-first 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 (e-Revenue), 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 32 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 4 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifty-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 (Reducing Prisoner Reoffending), proposed
by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph
by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 8 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 9 postponed.
Paragraphs 10 to 36 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 9 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifty-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.
Another draft Report (Improving Public Services through e-Government),
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 26 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 4 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifty-fourth 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 (Fraud and Error in Income Support), 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 32 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 4 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifty-fifth 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 (Ministry of Defence: Combat Identification),
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 18 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 5 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifty-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 operation and wind-up of Teesside Development
Corporation), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph
by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 and 2 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 3 postponed.
Paragraphs 4 to 26 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 3 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifty-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.
Another draft Report (Improving Student Achievement and Widening
Participation in Higher Education in England), 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 41 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 5 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifty-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 (Delivering the Commercialisation of Public
Sector Science), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph
by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 and 2 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 3 postponed.
Paragraphs 4 to 28 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 3 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifty-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 (Royal travel by air and rail), 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 24 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 4 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Sixtieth 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 Management of Surplus Property by Trusts
in the NHS in England), 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 28 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 5 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Sixty-first 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 New Deal for Young People), proposed
by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph
by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 5 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 6 postponed.
Paragraphs 7 to 33 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 6 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Sixty-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 (Construction of Portcullis House, the new
Parliamentary Building), proposed by the Chairman, brought up
and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph
by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 and 2 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 3 postponed.
Paragraphs 4 to 26 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 3 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Sixty-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.
The Committee further deliberated (the placing of uncorrected
transcripts of evidence on the Internet).
Resolved, That further to the decision of the Liaison Committee
on 20 June, from the time the House resumes after the summer recess
an uncorrected transcript of the minutes of evidence given before
the Committee in public hearings be placed on the Internet at
the earliest opportunity, subject to the Guidelines issued by
the Liaison Committee and only with the agreement of all the witnesses
concerned .—(The Chairman).
Resolved, That for an experimental period from 21 October
until 18 December, the Committee changes its current practice
so that each Member of the Committee be allocated 10 minutes in
which to put their questions to witnesses, on the understanding
that they will be allocated a further five minutes towards the
close of the hearing if they so request .—(The Chairman).
[Adjourned until Monday 21 October at Four o'clock.
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