MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OF
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
SESSION 2000-2001
MONDAY 26 MARCH 2001
Members present:
| Mr Edward Leigh | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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| Mr Andrew Love | Mr Alan Williams
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| Mr David Rendel | |
In the absence of the Chairman, Mr Alan Williams was called to
the Chair.
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 Inland Flood Defence
(HC 299) was considered.
Mr Brian Bender, Permanent Secretary, and Dr James Park, Head
of Flood and Coastal Defence with Emergencies Division, the Ministry
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; The Rt Hon Baroness Young
of Old Scone, Chief Executive, and Dr Geoff Mance, Director of
Water Management, the Environment Agency; and Mr James Bradley,
Divisional Manager—EASN, Department of the Environment,
Transport and the Regions, were examined (HC 371-i).
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[Adjourned until Wednesday 28 March at half
past Four o'clock.
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SESSION 2001-2002
WEDNESDAY 30 JANUARY 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 | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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| Mr Nick Gibb | 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 (Inland Flood 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 6 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 7 postponed.
Paragraphs 8 to 17 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 18 to 20 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 21 to 33 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 34 and 35 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 36 to 47 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 48 to 51 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 7 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Eighteenth 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 4 February at half
past Four o'clock.
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