Public Accounts Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Ty Hywel

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Tuesday, 18 March 2014

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09.00 - 10.56

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_500000_18_03_2014&t=0&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Darren Millar (Chair)

William Graham (In place of Mohammad Asghar (Oscar))

Mike Hedges

Alun Ffred Jones

Julie Morgan

Jenny Rathbone

Aled Roberts

Sandy Mewies

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

David Sissling, Director General for Health and Social Services, Welsh Government

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

Dave Thomas, Wales Audit Office

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Fay Buckle (Clerk)

Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk)

Joanest Jackson (Legal Advisor)

 

 

 

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Transcript

View the meeting transcript.

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1    Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to Committee.

 

1.2 Apologies were received from Mohammad Asghar. William Graham substituted.

 

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2    Papers to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

 

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2.1  Covering Teachers’ Absence: Letter from Owen Evans (28 February 2014)

 

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2.2  Senior Management Pay: Letter from the Auditor General for Wales (5 March 2014)

 

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2.3  Grants Management in Wales: Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government (3 March 2014)

 

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3    Valedictory session: Director General, Health Social Services and Children, Welsh Government

3.1 The Committee held a valedictory session with David Sissling, the out-going Director General Health and Social Services/ Chief Executive NHS Wales, Welsh Government.

 

3.2 The Director General agreed to send a note to the Committee on mental health issues.

 

3.3 The Committee thanked David Sissling for his service to the NHS and the public sector in Wales and the way he had contributed to the Committee’s work. The Committee wished him well for the future.

 

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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    Unscheduled Care: Consideration of draft report

5.1 Members considered the remainder of the draft report. The Clerks will prepare a revised version and send it to Members by email for comment. The Committee will return to the item at the meeting on 3 April.

 

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