MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
SESSION 2001-02
MONDAY 1 JULY 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
| Mr Richard Bacon | Mr Brian Jenkins
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| Mr Ian Davidson | Mr David Rendel
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| Geraint Davies | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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| Mr Frank Field | Jon Trickett
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| Mr Nick Gibb | Mr Alan Williams
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| Mr George Howarth | |
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 The BBC: Collecting
the television licence fee (HC 821), was considered.
Ms Sue Street, Permanent Secretary, Department for Culture, Media
and Sport, was further examined; Mr Greg Dyke, Director-General,
Mr John Smith, Director of Finance, Property and Business Affairs,
and Ms Zarin Patel, Head of Revenue Management, British Broadcasting
Corporation, were examined (HC 1034-i).
The witnesses withdrew.
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[Adjourned until Wednesday 3 July at Four
o'clock.
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SESSION 2002-03
MONDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
| Mr Ian Davidson | Mr Nick Gibb
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| Geraint Davies | Mr Brian Jenkins
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| Angela Eagle | Mr David Rendel
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| Mr Frank Field | Mr Gerry Steinberg
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Sir John Bourn KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, was further
examined.
The Committee deliberated.
Mr Brian Glicksman, Treasury Officer of Accounts, was further
examined.
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Draft Report (Collecting the Television Licence Fee), proposed
by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph
by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 and 2 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 3 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 4 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 5 read and postponed.
Paragraphs 6 to 8 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 9 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 10 to 20 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 5 again read, and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report, as amended, be the First 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 27 November at
half past Four o'clock.
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