Public Accounts Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Tuesday, 15 January 2013

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09: - 11:00

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_400000_15_01_2013&t=0&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Darren Millar (Chair)

Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM

Mike Hedges

Julie Morgan

Gwyn R Price

Jenny Rathbone

Aled Roberts

Jocelyn Davies

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales, Wales Audit Office

Andy Phillips, Performance Specialist, Wales Audit Office

John Weston, Wales Audit Office

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Tom Jackson (Clerk)

Daniel Collier (Deputy Clerk)

Joanest Jackson (Legal Advisor)

 

 

 

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1.  Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 The Chair Welcomed Members and members of the public to the meeting. 

 

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2.  Briefing from the Auditor General for Wales on the Wales Audit Office report 'Civil Emergencies in Wales'

2.1 The Chair Welcomed Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales; Andy Phillips, Performance Audit Manager; and John Weston, Performance Specialists.

 

2.2 The Committee discussed the findings of the Auditor General for Wales’ report ‘Civil Emergencies in Wales’.

 

 

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3.  Papers to note

3.1 The Committee noted the correspondence from the Auditor General for Wales on his 2011-12 Annual Report and Accounts. 

 

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

Items 5 to 7

 

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5.  Consideration of options for handling Wales Audit Office report 'Civil Emergencies in Wales'

5.1 The Committee discussed the Wales Audit Office report ‘Civil Emergencies in Wales’ and agreed to conduct a short inquiry during the spring term 2013.   

 

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6.  The Welsh Government's acquisition and action to dispose of the former River Lodge Hotel, Llangollen - Key themes and emerging issues

6.1 The Committee discussed the Key themes and emerging issues of its inquiry into the Welsh Government’s acquisition and action to dispose of the former River Lodge Hotel, Llangollen.

 

6.2 The Committee agreed to consider its draft report on the Welsh Government’s acquisition and action to dispose of the former River Lodge Hotel, Llangollen at a forthcoming meeting.

 

 

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7.  Consideration of correspondence from the Auditor General for Wales on Local government audit and inspection fee scales 2013-14

7.1 The Committee discussed the Auditor General for Wales’ Local Government audit and inspection fee scales 2013-14. 

 

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Transcript

View the meeting transcript.

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