MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
SESSION 2001-02
MONDAY 24 JUNE 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
| 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 George Howarth | Mr Alan Williams
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Sir John Bourn KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, was further
examined.
The Committee deliberated.
Lorraine Constable, Assistant Treasury Officer of Accounts, was
further examined.
The Comptroller and Auditor General's Report on The collection
of fines and other financial penalties in the criminal justice
system (HC 672), was considered.
Sir Hayden Phillips GCB, Permanent Secretary, Lord Chancellor's
Department; and Mr Peter Gray, Account Director, National Audit
Office, were examined (HC 999-i)
The Chairman declared an interest as having practised as a barrister.
The witnesses were further examined.
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 Wednesday 26 June at Four
o'clock.
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WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
| Angela Eagle | Mr Nigel Jones
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| Mr Frank Field | Mr David Rendel
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| Geraint Davies | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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| Mr Brian Jenkins | Mr Alan Williams
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Sir John Bourn KCB, 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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Another draft Report (Collection of fines and other financial
penalties in the criminal justice system), 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 26 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 5 read and agreed to.
Annexes A and B read and agreed to.
Explanatory notes read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Sixty-eighth 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 18 November at Four
o'clock.
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