MONDAY 3 DECEMBER 2001

MONDAY 3 DECEMBER 2001

Members present:

Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair

Mr Richard Bacon

Mr George Osborne

Mr Ian Davidson

Mr David Rendel

Mr Barry Gardiner

Mr Gerry Steinberg

Mr Nick Gibb

Jon Trickett

Mr Brian Jenkins

Mr Alan Williams

Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, was further examined.

The Committee deliberated.

Mr Glenn Hull, Second Treasury Officer of Accounts, was further examined.

The Comptroller and Auditor General's Report on NIRS 2: Contract Extension (HC 355) was considered.

Sir Nicholas Montagu, KCB, Chairman, Inland Revenue, was further examined; Mr John Yard, CBE, Director, Business Services, Inland Revenue; Ms Lis Astall, Partner, Accenture, was examined; and Mr Sandy Gordon, Project Manager, National Audit Office, was examined (HC 423-i).

Resolved, That copies of the uncorrected typescript of evidence taken on 3 December on the National Insurance Recording System (NIRS) 2: Contract Extension, be placed in the House of Commons Library for the use of Members and in the Record Office, House of Lords, for public inspection.-(Mr David Rendel).

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[Adjourned until Wednesday 5 December at Four o'clock.

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