Public Accounts Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Monday, 1 October 2012

 

 

 

Meeting time:

14:12 - 15:53

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_400000_01_10_2012&t=0&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Darren Millar (Chair)

Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM

Mike Hedges

David Rees (In place of Julie Morgan)

Gwyn R Price

Jenny Rathbone

Aled Roberts

Lindsay Whittle

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Vernon Soare, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)

Gareth Howells, Prospect

David Rees, Prospect

Ben Robertson, PCS Union

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Sarah Beasley (Clerk)

Sarah Sargent (Deputy Clerk)

Joanest Jackson (Legal Advisor)

 

 

 

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1.  Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members and the public to the meeting.

 

1.2  Apologies had been received from Julie Morgan. David Rees attended as a substitute.

 

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2.  Public Audit (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - Evidence from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)

2.1 The Committee took evidence from Vernon Soare, Executive Director, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

 

Action point:

 

2.2 Mr Soare agreed to provide a supplementary note to the

Committee on whether the ICAEW supported the establishment of the corporate body model for the National Audit Office (NAO) in England.

 

 

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3.  Public Audit (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - Evidence from Prospect and the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union

3.1 The Committee took evidence from Ben Robertson, Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union; Gareth Howells, Prospect; and David Rees, Prospect.

 

 

 

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4.  Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

4.1 The Committee agreed the motion.

 

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5.  Consideration of evidence on Public Audit (Wales) Bill

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence provided by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union and Prospect as part of its Stage 1 scrutiny of the Public Audit (Wales) Bill.

 

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6.  Papers to note

6.1 The Committee noted the minutes of the meeting on 24 September 2012.

 

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Transcript

View the meeting transcript.

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