Public Accounts Committee

Meeting Venue: Committee Room 3 - Senedd
Meeting date: 22 October 2012
Meeting time: 14:00
For further information please contact:
Policy: Tom Jackson Committee Clerk 029 2089 8597 / 029 2089 8032 Publicaccounts.comm@Wales.gov.uk

Agenda

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1. Introductions, apologies and substitutions

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2. Grants Management in Wales - Briefing from Auditor General for Wales on 'The Welsh Government's management of its relationship with AWEMA' (14:05 - 15:00) (Pages 1 - 143)

PAC(4) 22-12 – Paper 1 – The Welsh Government’s management of its relationship with AWEMA

Anthony Barrett, Assistant Auditor General

Mike Usher, Group Director – Financial Audit, Wales Audit Office

Matthew Mortlock, Performance Audit Manager, Wales Audit Office

Mark Jones, Financial Audit Manager, Wales Audit Office

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

Items 4 and 7.

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4. Grants Management in Wales - Handling of Auditor General for Wales report Welsh Government's management of its relationship with AWEMA (15:00 - 15:15)

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Break (15:15 - 15:30)

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5. Public Audit (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - Evidence from the Audit Commission (15:30 - 16:10) (Pages 144 - 155)

PAC(4) 22-12 – Paper 2 – Evidence from the Audit Commission

Martin Evans

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6. Public Audit (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - Evidence from the Minister for Finance and Leader of the House (16:10 - 17:10)

Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Finance and Leader of the House

Reg Kilpatrick, Director of Local Government & Public Service, Welsh Government

Nicola Charles, Lawyer, Welsh Government

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7. Consideration of evidence on Public Audit (Wales) Bill (17:10 - 17:25)

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8. Papers to note  (Pages 156 - 168)

PAC(4) 22-12 – Paper 3 - Correspondence from the Auditor General for Wales on Hospital Catering and Patient Nutrition

PAC(4) 22-12 – Paper 4 – Correspondence from the Welsh Government on the National Fraud Initiative

PAC(4) 22-12 – Paper 5 - Letter from the AGW re Estimate of Costs

Minutes of previous meeting

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Public Audit (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - Letter from the Auditor General for Wales regarding Estimate of Cost (Pages 169 - 175)

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