WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2002
Members present:
Dr Ian Gibson, in the Chair
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Mr Pamjit Dhanda |
Dr Andrew Murrison |
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Mr David Heath |
Geraldine Smith |
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Mr Mark Hoban |
Bob Spink |
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Dr Brian Iddon |
Dr Desmond Turner |
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Mr Tony McWalter |
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The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Short Term Contracts in Science and Engineering), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 124 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the 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.
Several papers were ordered to be appended to the Minutes of Evidence.
Ordered, That the Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee be reported to the House.—(The Chairman.)
Several papers were ordered to be reported to the House.
Mr Tom Delay, Chief Executive, and Dr David Vincent, Technical Director, the Carbon Trust were examined.
Mr John Acton, Chief Executive and Director of Engineering, Compact Power Ltd;
Dr Nigel Brandon, Chief Executive Officer, Ceres Power Ltd; Dr Andrew Garrad, Director, Garrad Hassan & Partners Ltd; Dr Tony Trapp, Managing Director, the Engineering Business Ltd; and Mr Philip Wolfe, Executive Chairman, Intersolar Group Plc, the Renewable Power Association, were examined.
Dr Christopher Anastasi, Senior Environment Adviser, British Energy, was examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 13 November at Four o'clock.
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