Select Committee on Public Accounts Fifty-Sixth Report


MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF

THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

SESSION 2001-02

WEDNESDAY 10 APRIL 2002

Members present:

Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair


Geraint DaviesMr Gerry Steinberg
Mr Barry GardinerJon Trickett
Mr David RendelMr Alan Williams

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 Ministry of Defence: Combat Identification (HC 661) was further considered.

Sir Kevin Tebbit KCB, CMG, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence, was further examined, and Major General Rob Fulton, Capability Manager, Information Superiority, and Commodore Adrian Nance OBE, Director of Joint Warfare, Ministry of Defence, were examined (HC 759-i).

The witnesses withdrew.

The Committee further deliberated.

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[Adjourned until Monday 15 April at Four o'clock.

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WEDNESDAY 17 JULY 2002

  Members present:

  Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair


  
Mr Richard BaconMr George Osborne
Geraint DaviesMr David Rendel
Mr Frank FieldMr Gerry Steinberg
Mr Nick GibbJon Trickett
Mr Brian JenkinsMr Alan Williams
Mr Nigel Jones

Mr Tim Burr, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, was further examined.

The Committee deliberated.

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Draft Report (Ministry of Defence: Combat Identification), 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 18 read and agreed to.

Postponed paragraph 5 read and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Fifty-sixth 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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