COMMITTEE FOR FINANCE AND PERSONNEL MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS SIXTIETH MEETING THURSDAY, 21 JUNE 2001 COMMITTEE ROOM 135, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS

Present: Mr Francie Molloy (Chairman)   Mr James Leslie (Deputy Chairman)   Mr Seamus Close   Mr Alex Maskey   Ms Patricia Lewsley   Mr Peter Robinson MP   Mr Peter Weir

In attendance: Mr Martin Wilson (Principal Clerk)   Mr Peter Hughes (Clerk)   Mr Joe Sloan (Assistant Clerk)   Mr Jonathan Briggs (Administrative Support)

The Chairman declared the meeting open at 3.03 p.m. The meeting was held in closed session

1. Apologies

1.1. None

2. Minutes of Proceedings

2.1. Resolved: The Committee agreed the Minutes of Proceedings for 19 June 2001.

3. Minutes of Evidence

3.1. The Committee agreed the following sets of Minutes of Evidence made in relation to the Committee's Inquiry into the use of Public Private Partnerships;

17 May 2001 National Audit Office

22 May 2001 Transport 2000

22 May 2001 UNISON

29 May 2001 Construction Employers Federation

4. Matters arising

4.1.1. The Principal Clerk briefed the Committee on questions to be considered for its response to the Executive's Position Report in relation to the 2002/03 Budget and for scrutiny of the Department of Finance and Personnel's bids on 2002/03 resources.

4.1.2. The Committee agreed that, in the longer term, an examination should be made of the degree to which the bids made by Departments fit with the Programme for Government and Public Service Agreements.

Mr Weir attended at 3.11 p.m.

5. Public Private Partnerships Inquiry

5.1. The Committee considered the second draft of its report as presented by the Clerk

5.2. The Committee considered the draft report.

5.3. The Committee's specialist adviser attended the meeting and responded to a range of points raised by Members.

Mr Robinson left the meeting at 3.33 p.m.. Mr Weir left the meeting at 4.15 p.m.

5.4. The Committee agreed a number of amendments to the report and asked that a final draft be circulated to members on Friday 22 June 2001.

6.1. Date of next meeting

6.1. The Committee agreed the next meeting as Tuesday 26 June 2001.

The Chairman declared the meeting closed at 5.20p.m.

Francie Molloy

Chairman