Finance Committee

 

Meeting Venue:
Committee Room 2 - Senedd

 

 

Meeting date:
Thursday, 5 March 2015

 

Meeting time:
09.00

 

For further information please contact:

Bethan Davies
Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565
SeneddFinance@Assembly.Wales

 

 

Agenda

 

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1    Introductions, apologies and substitutions (09:00)

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2    Papers to note (09:00-09:05) (Pages 1 - 9)

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(In accordance with Standing Order 17.42, the Committee resolves to meet in private for items 3, 4, 5 and 6)

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3    Initial Consideration of Local Government (Wales) Bill (09:05-09:15) (Pages 10 - 16)

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4    Consideration of the Auditor General for Wales and the Wales Audit Office Annual Plan 2015-2016 (09:15-09:25) (Pages 17 - 18)

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5    Assembly Commission Corporate Performance - April-December 2014 (09:25-09:35) (Pages 19 - 41)

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6    Land Transaction Tax: Factual Briefing from Welsh Government (09:35-10:15) (Pages 42 - 47)

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(Break: 10:15-10:30)

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7    Consideration of powers: Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session 5 (10:30-11:30) (Pages 48 - 66)

Nicholas Paines QC - Law Commissioner with responsibility for Public Law

Beth Gascoyne - Law Commission

David Connolly - Law Commission

 

Report by the Law Commission on the Public Service Ombudsman

 

 

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8    Consideration of powers: Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session 6 (11:30-12:15) (Pages 67 - 71)

Tom Frawley - Northern Ireland Ombudsman

 

Annual Report of the Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints 2013~2014

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9    Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business: (12:15) 

Items 10 

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10Consideration of powers: Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Discussion of Evidence (12:15-12:30) (Pages 72 - 77)

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