Taken before the Committee of Public Accounts
on Wednesday 18 October 2006
Members present:
Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
Mr Richard Bacon | MrDon Touhig |
Mr David Curry | MrAlan Williams |
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Mr Tim Burr, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, and Mr Richard Abadie, HM Treasury, were in attendance.
REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL
THE TERMINATION OF THE PFI CONTRACT FOR THE
NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY (HC1044)
Witnesses: Sir Brian Bender KCB, Permanent Secretary, and Mr Peter Dawes, Deputy Director, National Measurement System, Department of Trade and Industry, Mr Bill McNaught, Managing Director, Serco Investments Ltd, Mr Adrian Ewer, Chief Executive, John Laing plc, Mr Andrew Briggs, Head of Corporate Banking Services, Abbey Financial Markets, Abbey National plc, gave evidence, Mr Chris Shapcott, Director, National Audit Office and Ms Paula Diggle, Treasury Officer of Account, were in attendance and gave oral evidence.