PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
RELATING TO THE REPORT
SESSION 2000-2001
MONDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2001
Members present:
Mr David Davis in the Chair
| Mr Simon Burns | Mr Edward Leigh
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| Mr Alan Campbell | Mr David Rendel
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| Mr Ian Davidson | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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| Mr Nigel Griffiths |
Mr Alan Williams |
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.
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The Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the
Cancellation of the Benefits Payment Card Project (HC 857) was
considered.
Ms Rachel Lomax, Permanent Secretary, and Mr George
McCorkell, Director of Information Systems and Commercial Management,
the Department of Social Security; Mr Derek Davies, Director of
Consumer Goods, Business and Postal Services, the Department of
Trade and Industry; Mr Tony Oppenheim, Director, Commercial and
Finance, ICL Pathway; Mr John Roberts, CBE, Chief Executive, the
Post Office; and Mr Paul Schofield, HM Treasury, were examined
(HC 282-i).
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[Adjourned until Wednesday 28 February at half past
Four o'clock.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
RELATING TO THE REPORT
SESSION 2001-2002
MONDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2001
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh in the Chair
| Mr Richard Bacon | Mr David Rendel
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| Mr Ian Davidson | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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| Mr Brian Jenkins | Mr Jon Trickett
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Draft Report (The Cancellation of the
Benefits Payment Card Project), 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 40 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 4 read and agreed
to.
Resolved,
That the Report be the 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.
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[Adjourned until Wednesday 14 November at Four o'clock.
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