Select Committee on Public Accounts Ninth Report


PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

SESSION 2000-01

MONDAY 23 APRIL 2001

Members present:

Mr David Davis in the Chair


Mr Simon BurnsMr Edward Leigh
Mr Alan CampbellMr David Rendel
Mr Barry GardinerMr Gerry Steinberg
Mr Nigel GriffithsMr Alan Williams

Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, was further examined.

The Committee deliberated.

Ms Lorraine Constable, Second Treasury Officer of Accounts, was further examined.

The Comptroller and Auditor General's report on Tackling Obesity in England (HC 220) was considered.

Mr Nigel Crisp, Permanent Secretary, the Department of Health and Chief Executive, the NHS Executive; Mr Robin Young, Permanent Secretary, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport; Sir Michael Bichard, Permanent Secretary, the Department for Education and Employment; Mr William Rickett, Director General, Transport Strategy and Planning, the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions; and Mr Geoffrey Podger, Chief Executive, the Food Standards Agency, were examined (HC 426-i).

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[Adjourned until Wednesday 25 April at half past Four o'clock.


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SESSION 2001-2002

WEDNESDAY 5 DECEMBER 2001

Members present:

Mr Edward Leigh in the Chair


Mr Ian DavidsonMr George Osborne
Mr Geraint DaviesMr David Rendel
Mr Nick GibbMr Gerry Steinberg
Mr Brian Jenkins


Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, was further examined.

The Committee deliberated.

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Draft Report (Tackling Obesity 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 read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 6 postponed.

Paragraphs 7 to 20 read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 21 to 24 read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 25 to 46 read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 47 to 51 read and agreed to.

A paragraph, brought up, read the first and second time, and inserted (now paragraph 52).—(The Chairman).

Postponed paragraph 6 read, amended and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report, as amended, be the 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 Committee (Reports)) be applied to the Report.

[Adjourned until Monday 10 December at half past Four o'clock.





 
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