MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS SESSION 2001-02
WEDNESDAY 3 JULY 2002
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
| 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
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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.
The Comptroller and Auditor General's Report on The 2001
Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (HC 939), was considered.
Mr Brian Bender CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs, was further examined; Mr Jim Scudamore,
Director General for Animal Health and Welfare, and Chief Veterinary
Officer, and Mr George Trevelyan, Director, FMD Operations, Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, were examined (HC 1048-i).
Mr Brian Jenkins declared an interest as having been a Parliamentary
Private Secretary at the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food during the period under consideration.
The witnesses withdrew.
The Committee further deliberated.
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[Adjourned until Wednesday 17 July at Four o'clock
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SESSION 2002-03
MONDAY 3 MARCH 2003
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 | |
Sir John Bourn KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, was
further examined.
The Committee deliberated.
Mr Brian Glicksman, Treasury Office of Accounts, was further
examined.
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Draft Report (The 2001 Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease),
proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time,
paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 5 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 6 postponed.
Paragraphs 7 to 44 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 6 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth 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 5 March at half past Three o'clock.@ASLINK@
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