Trade and Industry - Fifth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 18 July 2006.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
2 The process and consultation
ECGD's stated business principles
Business integrity
Transparency
ECGD's Public Consultation Guidelines
The May 2004 procedures
Consultation on the May 2004 procedures
Reaction to the May 2004 procedures
The December 2004 procedures
Judicial Review sought by the Corner House
Conclusions on consultation
Cost
The "interim arrangements"
The March 2005 and subsequent consultation
exercises
October 2005: ECGD's Interim Response
March 2006: ECGD's Final Response
Consultation on changes to the Special Handling
Arrangements
The Export Guarantees Advisory Council
3 Are the bribery procedures workable?
Agents
ECGD's conclusions in the Final Response
Special Handling Arrangements
Likely demand for the Special Handling Arrangements
Standards of due diligence
Treatment of a company withholding consent
to disclose
Independent due diligence checks
Conclusions on the workability of the July
2006 procedures
4 Do the procedures
reduce as far as is reasonably practicable the risk of supporting
contracts tainted by corruption?
Declarations in respect of controlled
companies, consortium partners and others
The May 2004 procedures
The December 2004 procedures
The July 2006 procedures
Sub-contractors
Recourse provisions
ECGD's rights of audit
The May 2004 procedures
The December 2004 procedures
ECGD's final conclusions
Should ECGD become a regulatory and investigatory
body?
5 The international perspective
OECD's May 2006 Action Statement
Alternative sources of finance from overseas
export control agencies
6 Conclusion
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal minutes of the Sub-Committee
Formal minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
ORAL AND WRITTEN EVIDENCE
Oral evidence - 17 May 2006
Oral evidence - 14 June 2006
Written Evidence
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