MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
SESSION 2000-01
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.
Mr Glenn Hull, Second Treasury Officer of Accounts, was further
examined.
The Comptroller and Auditor General's Report on Non-Competitive
Procurement in the Ministry of Defence (HC 290) was considered.
Mr Kevin Tebbit, CMG, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Ministry
of Defence, was further examined; Sir Robert Walmsley, KCB, FREng,
Chief of Defence Procurement and Chief Executive, Defence Procurement
Agency, and Mr Stan Porter, Director General Commercial, Ministry
of Defence, were examined (HC 370-i).
Resolved, That the witnesses be further examined in private.
The witnesses were further examined.
The witnesses withdrew.
The Committee further deliberated.
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[Adjourned until Monday 19 November at half
past Four o'clock.
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MONDAY 18 MARCH 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh in the Chair
| Mr Richard Bacon | Mr Brian Jenkins
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| Mr Ian Davidson | Mr David Rendel
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| Mr Geraint Davies | Jon Trickett
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| Mr Barry Gardiner | 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 (Non-competitive Procurement in the Ministry of Defence),
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.
An Annex agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Twenty-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.
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[Adjourned until Monday 25 March at half
past Four o'clock.
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