MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF
THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
SESSION 2000-2001
MONDAY 9 APRIL 2001
Members present:
| Mr Alan Campbell | Mr Andrew Love
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| Mr Barry Gardiner | Mr David Rendel
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| Mr Nigel Griffiths | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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| Mr Edward Leigh | Mr Alan Williams
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In the absence of the Chairman, Mr Alan Williams was called to
the Chair.
Mr Tim Burr, Deputy 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 The Department
of the Environment, Transport and the Regions: The Channel Tunnel
Rail Link (HC 302) was considered.
Sir Richard Mottram, KCB, Permanent Secretary, the Department
of the Environment, Transport and the Regions; Mr Robert Holden,
Chief Executive, London and Continental Railways; Mr Steven Marshall,
Chief Executive, and Ms Louise Hart, Group Projects Manager, Railtrack;
and Mr Jeremy Colman, Assistant Auditor General, the National
Audit Office, were examined (HC 422-i).
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[Adjourned until Monday 23 April at half past Four o'clock.
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SESSION 2001-2002
WEDNESDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh in the Chair
| Mr Richard Bacon | Mr Nick Gibb
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| Mr Geraint Davies | Mr Brian Jenkins
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| Mr Barry Gardiner | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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Mr Tim Burr, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, was further
examined..
Mr Brian Glicksman, Treasury Officer of Accounts, was further
examined.
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Draft Report (The Channel Tunnel Rail Link), 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 47 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 5 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Twenty-second 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 25 February at half past Four o'clock.
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