MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF
THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
SESSION 2001-02
MONDAY 28 JANUARY 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
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Mr Alan Williams |
Mr Richard Bacon |
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Mr Brian Jenkins |
Mr Ian Davidson |
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Mr George Osborne |
Geraint Davies |
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Mr David Rendel |
Mr Nick Gibb |
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Mr Gerry Steinberg |
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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 Widening participation in higher education in England (HC 485) was considered.
Mr David Normington CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education and Skills; and Professor Sir Howard Newby CBE, Chief Executive, Higher Education Funding Council for England, were examined (HC 581-i ).
A division of the House being called, the Chairman suspended the meeting for ten minutes.
The Committee resumed.
The witnesses were further examined.
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[Adjourned until Wednesday 30 January at Four o'clock.
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WEDNESDAY 30 JANUARY 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
Mr Richard Bacon
Mr Ian Davidson
Geraint Davies
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr Brian Jenkins
Mr David Rendel
Mr Gerry Steinberg
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 Improving student achievement in English higher education (HC 486) was considered.
Mr David Normington CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education and Skills; and Professor Sir Howard Newby CBE, Chief Executive, Higher Education Funding Council for England were further examined; and Mr Jeff Jones, Account Director, National Audit Office, was examined (HC 588-i ).
The witnesses withdrew.
The Committee further deliberated.
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[Adjourned until Monday 4 February at half past Four o'clock.
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WEDNESDAY 17 JULY 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
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Mr Alan Williams |
Mr Richard Bacon |
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Mr Nigel Jones |
Geraint Davies |
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Mr George Osborne |
Mr Frank Field |
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Mr David Rendel |
Mr Nick Gibb |
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Mr Gerry Steinberg |
Mr Brian Jenkins |
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Jon Trickett |
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Mr Tim Burr, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, was further examined.
The Committee deliberated.
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Draft Report (Improving Student Achievement and Widening Participation in Higher Education 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 postponed.
Paragraphs 6 to 41 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 5 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifty-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 21 October at Four o'clock.
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