MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF
THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
SESSION 2001-02
MONDAY 3 DECEMBER 2001
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
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Mr Richard Bacon |
Mr George Osborne |
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Mr Ian Davidson |
Mr David Rendel |
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Mr Barry Gardiner |
Mr Gerry Steinberg |
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Mr Nick Gibb |
Jon Trickett |
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Mr Brian Jenkins |
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.
The Comptroller and Auditor General's Report on NIRS 2: Contract Extension (HC 355) was considered.
Sir Nicholas Montagu, KCB, Chairman, Inland Revenue, was further examined; Mr John Yard, CBE, Director, Business Services, Inland Revenue; Ms Lis Astall, Partner, Accenture, was examined; and Mr Sandy Gordon, Project Manager, National Audit Office, was examined (HC 423-i).
Resolved, That copies of the uncorrected typescript of evidence taken on 3 December on the National Insurance Recording System (NIRS) 2: Contract Extension, be placed in the House of Commons Library for the use of Members and in the Record Office, House of Lords, for public inspection.—(Mr David Rendel).
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[Adjourned until Wednesday 5 December at Four o'clock.
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WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
Mr Richard Bacon
Geraint Davies
Mr George Howarth
Mr Brian Jenkins
Mr George Osborne
Mr David Rendel
Mr Alan Williams
Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, was further examined.
The Committee deliberated.
Mr Rob Molan, Second Treasury Officer of Accounts, was further examined.
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Draft Report (NIRS 2: Contract Extension), 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.
Postponed paragraph 6 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Thirty-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.
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[Adjourned until Monday 17 June at Four o'clock.
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