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Finance Committee |
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Committee Room 2 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Thursday, 18 April 2013 |
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Meeting time: |
13: - 15:00 |
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This meeting can be viewed on Senedd
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Jocelyn Davies (Chair) Peter Black Christine Chapman Paul Davies Mike Hedges Ann Jones Julie Morgan Ieuan Wyn Jones |
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Witnesses: |
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Jane Hutt, Minister for Finance Lesley Griffiths, Minister for Local Government and Government Business Sioned Evans, Welsh Government Piers Bisson, Public Service Reform Division Deborah Paramore, Public Service Reform Team |
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Committee Staff: |
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Gareth Price (Clerk) Daniel Collier (Deputy Clerk) Eleanor Roy (Researcher) |
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1. Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members and members of the public to the meeting.
2. Asset Management - Evidence from the Welsh Government
2.1 The Chair welcomed Lesley Griffiths AM, Minister for Local Government and Government Business; Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Finance; Sioned Evans, Deputy Director, Property Division; and Deborah Paramore, Programme Manager, Public Service Reform Team.
2.2 The Committee scrutinised the Ministers.
Action points:
The Welsh Government agreed to provide:
· An update on savings received from the Location Strategy and the management of the administrative estate;
· Further information on what the Welsh Government is doing to improve the reliability and consistency of reporting information to enable benchmarking and performance management;
· Examples of where successful Invest to Save bids have been used to address Asset Management issues;
· Savings made by using the National Assets Working Group approach, proportionate to savings made by the Scottish Futures Trust model.
3. Papers to note
3.1 The Committee noted the minutes from the previous meeting.
4. Motion under the Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business
5. Consideration of Evidence on Asset Management
5.1 The Committee discussed the evidence on its inquiry into Asset Management.