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Public Accounts - 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 2 June 2008. Oral evidence Taken before the Committee of Public Accounts on Wednesday 23 January 2008 Members present: Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair Mr Richard Bacon Mr Austin Mitchell Angela Browning Geraldine Smith Mr David Curry Mr Alan Williams Mr Philip Dunne Phil Wilson Sir John Bourn, Comptroller and Auditor General, and Mr Philip Gibby, 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 A PROGRESS UPDATE IN RESOLVING THE DIFFICULTIES IN ADMINISTERING THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME IN ENGLAND (HC 10) CONTENTS Witnesses: Mrs Helen Ghosh, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Mr Tony Cooper, Interim Chief Executive, Rural Payments Agency, gave evidence. Question Numbers 1-19 20-39 40-59 60-79 80-99 100-119 120-139 140-152 Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Annex List of claimants overpaid more than £50,000 as a result of an erroneous payment run in August 2006

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