HMRC Executive Committee: Agenda and summary - 15 July 2008 9.00 am Room 2/65 100 Parliament Street

Attendees

Dave Hartnett - Acting Chairman
Melanie Dawes - Acting Director General Business Tax
Mike Eland - Director General Enforcement and Compliance
Anthony Inglese - General Counsel and Solicitor
Bernadette Kenny - Director General Personal Tax
Steve Lamey – Chief Operating Officer
Deepak Singh - Acting Chief Information Officer

Secretariat

Sara Woollard – Chairman’s Private Secretary
Paul Phillips – Secretariat

Apologies

Mike Hanson – Director General Benefits and Credits
Robin Roberts – Chief People Officer
Philip Moore – Chief Finance Officer
Mark Neale – HMT
Simon MacDowall – CaM

Also attending

Mike Clasper, Mary Aiston, Simon MacDowall Mary Aiston, Mark Neale, Michelle Wyer, Michael Fell (shadowing Dave Hartnett), Jim Begley, Mark Hall, Mike Shipp, Don Makepeace

1 Matters arising

The minutes of 1 July were amended and agreed.

2 Operational Excellence

Steve Lamey introduced a session on Operational Excellence.

3 Delivering better value for money from HMRC’s outsourcing arrangements

Deepak Singh reported back to the Committee with an analysis of savings opportunities from HMRC’s outsourcing arrangements. The Committee agreed initiatives to improve value for money from IT expenditure.

4 MPPC3

Bernadette Kenny updated the Committee on MPPC3. The Committee agreed to defer the implementation of MPPC3.

5 HMRC Vision

Dave Hartnett led a discussion on the HMRC Vision and key messages to be used by leaders across the department.

6 AOB

The Committee discussed Hot Topics.

Don Makepeace updated the Committee on the progress of HMRC pay talks.

The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be on 5 August 2008 in Room 2/65 100 Parliament Street.

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