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Trade and Industry - Minutes of Evidence [Back to Report]

Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 10 February 1999.

TUESDAY 1 DECEMBER 1998

(Afternoon)

Members present:

Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair

Mr Tony Baldry Mr Lindsay Hoyle

Mr Roger Berry Mr Bob Laxton

Mr John Butterfill Helen Southworth

CONTENTS

Memorandum submitted by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Examination of Witnesses

MR JOHN BRACE, FCCA, Partner, Harwood Hutton, Chairman ACCA's Business Law Committee, MR JOHN DAVIES, Senior Technical Officer, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, examined.

Question Number
123 - 139
140 - 158

Memorandum submitted by The Law Society

Examination of Witnesses

MR PETER GRAHAM, Member of Law Society's Company Law Committee and of the Law Society's Liability Partnership Working Party, Partner, Norton Rose, MS ALISON CRAWLEY, Head of Professional Ethics, Law Society and MS JILL HALLPIKE, Secretary, Law Society's Limited Liability Partnership Working Party, Policy Directorate, Law Society, examined.

Question Number
159 - 179
180 - 190

Memorandum submitted by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Annex I
Annex II

Examination of Witnesses

MR DUNCAN PRESTON, FRICS, Chairman, RICS Working Party Consultation Bill, (Jones Lang Wootton), MR TERRY NORTHWOOD, FRICS, RICS Small Firms Advisory Group, (Northwood Associates, Edgware), and MS PAMELA HIRST, LLB, Director of Standards and Practice, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, examined.

Question Number
191 - 201

Memorandum submitted by the Construction Industry Council
Annex A

Examination of Witnesses

PROFESSOR DONALD BISHOP, CBE, Chairman, CIC Liability Task Force, MR BILL HILL, Chairman, Association of Consulting Engineers' Contracts Panel and MR KEN STOREY, RIBA representative, CIC Industry Practices Committee, Construction Industry Council, examined.

Question Number
202 - 218

Memorandum submitted by Association of British Insurers

Examination on Witnesses

MR RICHARD D REGAN, Head of Investment Affairs, ABI, HUW M JONES, Director, Corporate Finance, Prudential Portfolio Managers Ltd, former Chairman of ABI's Investment Committee, and MR MICHAEL MCKERSIE, Manager, Investment Affairs, ABI, examined.

Question Number
219 - 236



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