House of Commons - Work and Pensions

Select Committee on Work and Pensions Sixth Report

Formal Minutes

Wednesday 22 October 2003

Members present:

Sir Archy Kirkwood, in the Chair

The Committee deliberated

Draft Report (European Social Fund), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.

Ordered, That the Chairman's draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.

Paragraphs 1 to 5 read, and agreed to.

Paragraph 6 read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 7 to 11 read and agreed to.

Paragraph 12 read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 13 to 25 read and agreed to.

Paragraph 26 read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 27 to 32 read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 33 and 34 read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 35 to 44 read and agreed to.

Paragraph 45 read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 46 to 55 read and agreed to.

Paragraph 56 read, amended, divided and agreed to.

Paragraphs 57 to 62 (now paragraphs 58 to 63) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 63 (now paragraph 64) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 64 to 66 (now paragraphs 65 to 67) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 67 (now paragraph 68) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 68 to 71 (now paragraphs 69 to 72) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 72 (now paragraph 73) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 73 (now paragraph 74) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 74 (now paragraph 75) read, amended, divided and agreed to.

Paragraphs 75 and 76 (now paragraphs 77 and 78) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 77 and 78 (now paragraphs 79 and 80) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 79 to 81 (now paragraphs 81 to 83) read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 82 and 83 (now paragraphs 84 and 85) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 84 to 103 (now paragraphs 86 to 105) read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 104 and 105 (now paragraphs 106 and 107) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 106 to 112 (now paragraphs 108 to 114) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 113 (now paragraph 115) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 114 (now paragraph 116) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 115 (now paragraph 117) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 116 (now paragraph 118) read and agreed to.

Summary read, amended and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report, as amended, be the Sixth 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)