PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
RELATING TO THE REPORT
SESSION 2000-2001
MONDAY 15 JANUARY 2001
Members present:
Mr David Davis in the Chair
| Mr Simon Burns | Mr David Rendel
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| Mr Alan Campbell | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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| Mr Edward Leigh | Mr Alan Williams
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| Mr Jim Murphy |
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Sir John Bourn, KCB, 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 The
Ministry of Defence: Major Projects Report 2000 (HC 970) was considered.
In the absence of the Chairman Mr Alan Williams took
the Chair.
The Chairman resumed the Chair.
Sir Robert Walmsley, KCB, Chief of Defence Procurement,
The Defence Procurement Agency; and Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham,
KCB, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Equipment Capability), the
Ministry of Defence, were examined (HC 136-i).
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WEDNESDAY 17 JANUARY 2001
Members present:
Mr David Davis in the Chair
| Mr Simon Burns | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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| Mr Alan Campbell | Mr Alan Williams
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| Mr Ian Davidson |
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Sir John Bourn, KCB, 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 the
Ministry of Defence: Major Projects Report 2000 (HC 970) was considered.
Sir Robert Walmsley, KCB, Chief of Defence Procurement,
the Procurement Agency and Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham, KCB,
Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Equipment Capability); Mr Tim Banfield,
Director, the National Audit Office, were further examined (HC
136-ii).
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SESSION 2001-2002
WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2001
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 Nick Gibb | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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| Mr Brian Jenkins | Mr Alan Williams
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Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General,
was further examined.
The Committee deliberated.
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Draft Report (Ministry of Defence: Major
Projects Report 2000—The Role of the Equipment Capability
Customer), 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 27 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 28 read, amended and agreed
to.
Paragraphs 29 to 36 read and agreed
to.
Postponed paragraph 6 read, amended
and agreed to.
Resolved,
That the Report, as amended, be the 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.
A paper was ordered to be appended to
the Minutes of Evidence.
Ordered,
That the Appendix to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the
Committee be reported to the House.—(The Chairman).
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