WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE 2002

WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE 2002

Members present:

Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair

Mr Richard Bacon

Mr George Osborne

Geraint Davies

Mr David Rendel

Mr George Howarth

Mr Alan Williams

Mr Brian Jenkins

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

The Committee deliberated.

Mr Rob Molan, Second Treasury Officer of Accounts, was further examined.

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Draft Report (NIRS 2: Contract Extension), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.

Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.

Paragraphs 1 to 5 read and agreed to.

Paragraph 6 postponed.

Paragraphs 7 to 27 read and agreed to.

Postponed paragraph 6 read and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Thirty-eighth Report of the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That the provisions of Standing Order No. 134 (Select Committees (Reports)) be applied to the Report.

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[Adjourned until Monday 17 June at Four o'clock.