Formal minutes
MONDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2006
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
| Mr Richard Bacon
Mr David Curry
Mr Ian Davidson
| | Mr Austin Mitchell
Dr John Pugh
Mr Don Touhig
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Oral evidence
Sir John Bourn KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, was in attendance
and gave oral evidence.
Mr Marius Gallaher, Alternate Treasury Officer of Accounts, was
in attendance.
The Comptroller and Auditor General's Report on Delivering successful
IT-enabled business change (HC 33-I&II) was considered.
Mr Ian Watmore, Permanent Secretary and Head of Group, Delivery
and Transformation Group, Cabinet Office, and Mr John Oughton,
Chief Executive, Office of Government Commerce, gave oral evidence
(HC 113-i).
The witnesses withdrew.
Draft Reports
A draft Report (Improving literacy and numeracy in schools (Northern
Ireland)), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph
by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 19 read and agreed to.
Conclusions and recommendations read and agreed to.
Summary read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Second Report of the Committee
to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That embargoed copies of the Report be made available,
in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 134.
Another draft Report (Collections management in the national museums
and galleries of Northern Ireland), proposed by the Chairman,
brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph
by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 17 read and agreed to.
Conclusions and recommendations read and agreed to.
Summary read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Third Report of the Committee
to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That embargoed copies of the Report be made available,
in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 134.
Another draft Report (Gas distribution networks: Ofgem's role
in their sale, restructuring and future regulation), proposed
by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph
by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 39 read and agreed to.
Conclusions and recommendations read and agreed to.
Summary read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fourth Report of the Committee
to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That embargoed copies of the Report be made available,
in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 134.
Another draft Report (Postcomm and the quality of mail services),
proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph
by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 30 read and agreed to.
Conclusions and recommendations read and agreed to.
Summary read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth Report of the Committee
to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That embargoed copies of the Report be made available,
in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 134.
Another draft Report (Gaining and retaining a job: the Department
for Work and Pensions' support for disabled people), proposed
by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph
by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 28 read and agreed to.
Conclusions and recommendations read and agreed to.
Summary read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Sixth Report of the Committee
to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That embargoed copies of the Report be made available,
in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 134.
Spring programme
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned until Wednesday 29 November at 3.30 pm.
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