MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF
THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
SESSION 2001-02
WEDNESDAY 8 MAY 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
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Mr Richard Bacon |
Mr Brian Jenkins |
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Geraint Davies |
Mr David Rendel |
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Mr Barry Gardiner |
Jon Trickett |
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Mr Nick Gibb |
Mr 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 Pipes and Wires: Regulating prices and quality of networks delivering essential services (HC 723) was considered.
Mr Philip Fletcher, Director General, Office of Water Services; Mr Callum McCarthy, Chairman and Chief Executive, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets; and Mr David Edmonds, Director General, Office of Telecommunications, were examined (HC 831-i).
A division of the House being called, the Chairman suspended the meeting for ten minutes.
The Committee resumed.
The witnesses were further examined.
The witnesses withdrew.
The Committee further deliberated.
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[Adjourned until Monday 13 May at Four o'clock.
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WEDNESDAY 3 JULY 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
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Mr Richard Bacon |
Mr Nigel Jones |
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Mr Ian Davidson |
Mr George Osborne |
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Geraint Davies |
Mr David Rendel |
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Mr George Howarth |
Mr Gerry Steinberg |
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Mr Brian Jenkins |
Mr Alan Williams |
Mr Tim Burr, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, was further examined.
The Committee deliberated.
Mr Rob Molan, Second Treasury Officer of Accounts, was further examined.
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Draft Report (Pipes and Wires), 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 34 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 4 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fiftieth 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 Wednesday 17 July at Four o'clock.
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