Concise Minutes - Public Accounts Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Monday, 17 July 2017

Meeting time: 13.32 - 16.01
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4116

Private

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Nick Ramsay AM (Chair) Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Neil Hamilton AM Vikki Howells AM Neil McEvoy AM Rhianon Passmore AM Lee Waters AM
Witnesses:	Professor Donald Forrester, Cascade Professor Sally Holland, Children’s Commissioner for Wales Sean O’Neill, Children in Wales Professor Paul Rees, Swansea University
Committee Staff:	Huw Vaughan Thomas John Herniman Matthew Mortlock Fay Bowen (Clerk) Meriel Singleton (Second Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Hywel Dafydd (Researcher) Katie Wyatt (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to Committee.

1.2 There were no apologies.

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2 Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1 Hospital Catering and Patient Nutrition: Letter from the Welsh Government (6 July 2017)

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2.2 Implementation of the Wales Act 2017: Letter from the Llywydd (11 July 2017)

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3 Medicines Management: Reports from Stakeholder Event

3.1 The papers were noted.

3.2 Members agreed to gather further evidence in the autumn term.

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4 Auditor General for Wales Report(s): Update on forthcoming reports

4.1 The Auditor General for Wales updated Committee on a report he had published today (17 July) and a further one expected to be published by the end of the month.

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5 Looked after Children: Stakeholder Event

5.1 Members discussed the forthcoming Looked After Children inquiry with stakeholders and agreed to start the inquiry by looking at what is being spent on children in care, how the resources are allocated and the outcomes.

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