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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 14 December 1999.

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

TAKEN BEFORE THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE

WEDNESDAY 10 NOVEMBER 1999

Members present:

Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair

Mr Roger Berry Mr Bob Laxton

Mr John Butterfill Ms Linda Perham

Mr Christopher Chope Helen Southworth

Mr Lindsay Hoyle

CONTENTS

Memorandum submitted by the Society of Practitioners of Insolvency

Examination of Witnesses

MR RON ROBINSON, Chairman, Technical Committee; Partner, Begbies Traynor; Chartered Accountant; MR CHRIS HANSON, Member, Technical Committee; Consultant, Lovell White Durrant; Licensed Insolvency Practitioner; MR BILL ROBERTS, Director, Technical Services; former Partner, Ernst & Young; and MR JOHN FRANCIS, Technical Secretary, Society of Practitioners of Insolvency (SPI), examined.

Question Number
1 - 18

Memorandum submitted by the British Bankers Association

Examination of Witnesses

MR TIM SWEENEY, Director General, BBA, MR JOHN THIRLWELL, Director, BBA and MR ADRIAN MARRIETTE, Head of Lending Services at HSBC and Chairman of the INSOL Lenders' Group, British Bankers Association, examined.

Question Number
19 - 39
40 - 47

Memorandum submitted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Examination of Witness

MR ALAN BARRETT, Member, Insolvency Practitioner's Committee, and Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW), examined.

Question Number
48 - 59
60 - 75

Memorandum submitted by the Law Society
Annex

Examination of Witness

MR MICHAEL STEINER, Member, Insolvency Law Sub-Committee, Law Society, Partner, Denton Hall, examined.

Question Number
76 - 79
80 - 97

Memorandum submitted by the Confederation of British Industry

Examination of Witness

MR COLIN JOSEPH, Member, CBI Insolvency Law Panel, Senior partner, D J Freeman, City Solicitors, examined.

Question Number
98 - 120

Examination of Witnesses

PROFESSOR JULIAN FRANKS, Corporation of London Professor of Finance, London Business School, examined.

Question Number
121 - 139
140 - 144

Explanatory Notes Accompanying Draft Clauses circulated by the Insolvency Service
Annex A
Annex B
Annex C
Annex D

Examination of Witnesses

MR DESMOND FLYNN, Deputy Inspector General, MISS NUALA O'FLYNN, DTI Solicitor and MR RICHARD FAVIER, The Insolvency Service, examined.

Question Number
145 - 159
160 - 179
180 - 188



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