Public Accounts Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Monday, 28 January 2013

 

 

 

Meeting time:

14:01 - 16:20

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_400000_28_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:

 

Jane Hutt, Minister for Finance and Leader of the House

Paul Brown, Bill Manager, Welsh Government

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Tom Jackson (Clerk)

Sarah Beasley (Clerk)

Sarah Sargent (Deputy Clerk)

Daniel Collier (Deputy Clerk)

Joanest Jackson (Legal Advisor)

 

 

 

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1.  Introductions, apologies and substitutions

 

1.1 No apologies were received.

 

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2.  Public Audit (Wales) Bill: Stage 2 - Consideration of Amendments

 

2.1 In accordance with Standing Order 26.21, the Committee disposed of the following amendments to the Bill:

 

Section 1:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 1 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 2:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 2 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 3:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 3 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 4:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 4 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 5:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 5 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 6:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 6 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 7:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 7 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 8:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 8 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 9:

Amendment 37 (Aled Roberts) was withdrawn.

 

Section 10:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 10 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 11:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 11 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 12:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 12 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 13:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 13 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 14:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 14 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 15:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 15 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 16:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 16 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 17:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 17 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 18:

 

Amendment 1 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Amendment 2 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Amendment 3 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Section 19:

 

Amendment 4 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Amendment 44 (Aled Roberts) was not moved.

 

Amendment 5 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Section 20:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 20 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 21:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 21 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 22:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 22 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 23:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 23 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 24:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 24 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 25:

 

Amendment 6 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Section 26:

 

Amendment 7 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Section 27:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 27 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 28:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 28 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 29:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 29 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 30:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 30 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 31:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 31 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 32:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 32 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 33:

 

Amendment 8 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Section 34:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 34 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 35:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 35 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 36:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 36 was deemed agreed.

 

Section 37:

No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore Section 37 was deemed agreed.

 

Schedule 1:

 

Amendment 9A (Mohammad Asghar) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Amendment 9 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Amendment 10A (Mohammad Asghar) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Amendment 10 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Amendment 11 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

As Amendments 9A, 9, 10A, 10 and 11 were agreed, Amendment 12 (Jane Hutt) fell.

 

Amendment 46 (Mohammad Asghar) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Amendments 13 to 18 (Jane Hutt) were agreed in accordance with Standing Orders 17.34(i) and 17.36.

 

Amendment 19 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Amendments 20 to 22 (Jane Hutt) were agreed in accordance with Standing Orders 17.34(i) and 17.36.

 

Amendment 23 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Amendment 24 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Schedule 2:

 

Amendment 25 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Amendment 40 (Jocelyn Davies) was withdrawn.

 

Amendment 41 (Jocelyn Davies) was not moved.

 

Schedule 3:

 

Amendment 42 (Jocelyn Davies) was withdrawn.

 

Amendment 35 (Jocelyn Davies) was withdrawn.

 

Amendment 45 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

As Amendment 45 (Jane Hutt) was agreed, Amendment 36 (Jocelyn Davies) fell.

 

Schedule 4:

 

Amendment 26 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Amendment 43 (Jocelyn Davies) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Amendment 27 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

Amendments 28 to 33 (Jane Hutt) were agreed in accordance with Standing Orders 17.34(i) and 17.36.

 

Amendment 34 (Jane Hutt) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

 

2.2 The Chair advised that all sections and schedules of the Bill had been agreed by the Committee and, as all amendments had been disposed of, Stage 3 would commence on 29 January 2013.

 

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3.  Papers to note

 

3.1 The Committee noted the three papers and the minutes of the previous meeting.

 

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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 motion was agreed.

 

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5.  Consideration of draft Committee report on Maternity Services in Wales

 

5.1 The Committee commented on and agreed its draft report on Maternity Services, which would be published shortly.

 

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6.  Consideration of draft report on Health Finances

 

6.1 The Committee commented on its draft report on Health Finances and agreed to consider it further at a future meeting.

 

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Transcript

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