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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 6 April 2005.

Oral evidence

Taken before the Committee of Public Accounts

on Wednesday 1 December 2004

Members present:

Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair

Mr Frank Field	Jon Trickett
Mr Gerry Steinberg

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Mr Tim Burr, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office, further examined.

Ms Paula Diggle, Second Treasury Officer of Accounts, HM Treasury, further examined.

REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL:

Facing Justice: Tackling defendants' non-attendance at court (HC 1162)

CONTENTS

Witnesses: Mr John Gieve CB, Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office; Sir Ron De Witt, Chief Executive, Unified Courts Agency, Department of Constitutional Affairs; Mr Ken Macdonald QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, Crown Prosecution Service; Ms Moira Wallace, Chief Executive, Office for Criminal Justice Reform; and Mr John Burbeck, Chief Constable of Warwickshire, Association of Chief Police Officers, examined.

Question Numbers

1-19

20-39

40-59

60-79

80-86

Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Home Office

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Prepared 16 June 2005