Public Accounts Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Ty Hywel

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09.00 - 11.00

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_500000_25_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:

 

Martin Evans, University of South Wales

James Price, Welsh Government

Mal Drury, Welsh Government

Gillian Body, Assistant Auditor General, Wales Audit Office

Jeremy Morgan, Wales Audit Office

Matthew Mortlock, Performance Specialist. WAO

Gareth Morgan, Financial Reform, Welsh Government

 

 

 

 

 

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  Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Letter from David Sissling (10 March 2014)

 

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2.2  Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Letter from the Auditor General for Wales (14 March 2014)

 

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2.3  Covering Teachers’ Absence: Letter from the WLGA to the Auditor General for Wales (10 March 2014)

 

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2.4  Covering Teachers’ Absence: Letter from the Auditor General for Wales to the WLGA

 

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3    Intra-Wales - Cardiff to Anglesey - Air Service: Briefing papers

3.1 The briefing papers were noted.

 

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4    Intra-Wales - Cardiff to Anglesey - Air Service: Evidence Session 1

4.1 The Committee questioned James Price, Director General - Business, Enterprise, Technology & Science, Welsh Government, Mal Drury – Head of Rail/Air Commitments Operations, Welsh Government and Gareth Morgan – Deputy Director, Delivery, Welsh Government on the Intra-Wales - Cardiff to Anglesey - Air Service.

 

4.2 The Chair agreed to write to the Director General with a number of issues raised during this session and in Item 7.

 

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5    Intra-Wales - Cardiff to Anglesey - Air Service: Evidence Session 2

5.1 The Committee questioned Martin Evans, Visiting Fellow - Faculty of Business and Society, University of South Wales on the Intra-Wales - Cardiff to Anglesey - Air Service.

 

 

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

6.1 The motion was agreed.

 

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7    Intra-Wales - Cardiff to Anglesey - Air Service: Consideration of evidence

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received on the Intra-Wales - Cardiff to Anglesey - Air Service and agreed that the Chair will write to the Director General requesting a number of clarifications and additional information.

 

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