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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 30 March 2009.

Oral evidence

Taken before the Committee of Public Accounts Committee

on Wednesday 17 December 2008

Members present:

Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair

Mr Richard Bacon Keith Hill

Angela Browning Mr Austin Mitchell

Mr David Curry Dr John Pugh

Nigel Griffiths

Mr Tim Burr CB, Comptroller & Auditor General, Mr Michael Whitehouse, Assistant Auditor General, and Ms Karen Taylor, Director, National Audit Office, were in attendance.

Ms Paula Diggle, Treasury Officer of Accounts, HM Treasury, was in attendance.

REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL

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CONTENTS
Witnesses: Mr David Nicholson CBE, NHS Chief Executive, Dame Christine Beasley DBE, Chief Nursing Officer for England, and Professor Mike Richards CBE, National Clinical Director for Cancer, Department of Health, gave evidence.
Question Numbers
1-19
20-39
40-59
60-79
80-99
100-110
Supplementary memorandum from the Department of Health
Memorandum from the Council of Deans of Health
Memorandum from Help the Hospices
Memorandum from Motor Neurone Disease Association
Memorandum from The National Council for Palliative Care



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