MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
SESSION 2000-01
WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH 2001
Members present:
Mr David Davis in the Chair
| Mr Simon Burns | Mr Andrew Love
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| Mr Alan Campbell | Mr David Rendel
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| Mr Ian Davidson | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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| Mr Nigel Griffiths | Mr Alan Williams
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| Mr Edward Leigh | |
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 Medical Assessment
of Incapacity and Disability Benefits (HC 280) was considered.
Ms Rachel Lomax, Permanent Secretary, Mr Norman Haighton, Corporate
Projects Director, and Dr Mansel Aylward, Chief Medical Adviser
and Medical Director, the Department of Social Security; Ms Alexis
Cleveland, Chief Executive, the Benefits Agency; Mr Frank Jones,
Managing Director, SEMA UK; Mr Zafar Raja, Managing Director,
and Dr Carol Hudson, Medical Director, SEMA Medical Services,
were examined (HC 366-i).
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[Adjourned until Monday 26 March at half
past Four o'clock.
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SESSION 2001-02
WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh in the Chair
| Mr Richard Bacon | Mr George Osborne
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| Mr Ian Davidson | Mr David Rendel
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| Mr Barry Gardiner | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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| Mr Nick Gibb | Mr Jon Trickett
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| Mr Brian Jenkins | Mr Alan Williams
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Mr Tim Burr, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, was further
examined.
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Draft Report (The Medical Assessment of Incapacity and Disability
Benefits), 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 46 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 47 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 48 to 50 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 5 read, amended and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report, as amended, be the Twenty-seventh
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 11 March at half
past Four o'clock.
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