MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF
THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
SESSION 2001-02
MONDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
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Mr Richard Bacon |
Mr Nick Gibb |
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Geraint Davies |
Mr David Rendel |
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Mr Barry Gardiner |
Mr Alan Williams |
Sir John Bourn KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, and Mr Tim Burr, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, were further examined.
The Committee deliberated.
Mr Brian Glicksman, Treasury Officer of Accounts, was further examined.
Part 3 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's Report on the Department of Social Security Resource Account 2000-01 (HC 491) was considered.
Ms Rachel Lomax, Permanent Secretary, and Mr John Codling, Principal Finance Officer, Department for Work and Pensions; and Ms Alexis Cleveland, Chief Executive, Benefits Agency, were examined (HC 595-i).
The witnesses withdrew.
The Committee further deliberated.
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[Adjourned until Wednesday 6 February at Four o'clock.
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WEDNESDAY 17 JULY 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
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Mr Richard Bacon |
Mr George Osborne |
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Geraint Davies |
Mr David Rendel |
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Mr Frank Field |
Mr Gerry Steinberg |
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Mr Nick Gibb |
Jon Trickett |
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Mr Brian Jenkins |
Mr Alan Williams |
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Mr Nigel Jones |
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Mr Tim Burr, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, was further examined.
The Committee deliberated.
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Draft Report (Fraud and Error in Income Support), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 3 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 4 postponed.
Paragraphs 5 to 32 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 4 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifty-fifth 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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