Select Committee on Public Accounts Eleventh Report


PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

SESSION 2000-01

WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2001

Members present:

Mr David Davis in the Chair


Mr Ian DavidsonMr Nigel Griffiths
Mr Geraint DaviesMr Gerry Steinberg


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

The Committee deliberated.

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

The Comptroller and Auditor General's Report on the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM): Giving Domestic Customers a Choice of Electricity Supplier (HC 85) was considered.

Mr Callum McCarthy, Chairman, Mr John Neilson, Managing Director for Customers and Supply, the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM); and Mr Stephen Reid, Chief Executive, the Office of Gas and Electricity Consumer Council (energywatch), were examined (HC 292-i).

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[Adjourned until Monday 5 March at half past Four o'clock.

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SESSION 2001-2002

MONDAY 10 DECEMBER 2001

Members present:

Mr Edward Leigh in the Chair


Mr Richard BaconMr George Osborne
Mr Barry GardinerMr David Rendel
Mr Nick GibbMr Gerry Steinberg
Mr Brian JenkinsMr Alan Williams


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

The Committee deliberated.

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Draft Report (Office of Gas and Electricity Markets: Giving Domestic Customers a Choice of Electricity Supplier), 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 postponed.

Paragraphs 6 to 11 read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 12 and 13 read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 14 to 26 read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 27 to 30 read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 31 to 41 read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 42 to 46 read and agreed to.

Postponed paragraph 5 read and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Eleventh 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.

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[Adjourned until Wednesday 12 December at Four o'clock.




 
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