Public Accounts Committee

Meeting Venue: Committee Room 3 - Senedd
Meeting date: 20 September 2011
Meeting time: 09:00
For further information please contact:
Bethan Webber Committee Clerk 029 2089 8032 Publicaccounts.comm@Wales.gov.uk

Agenda

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1. Apologies and substitutions

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Private session

Subject to the Committee’s agreement, items 3 to 8 of the meeting will be held in private session under Standing Order 17.42(ix)

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2. Introduction to the Public Accounts Committee (Pages 1 - 2)

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3. Introduction to the Auditor General for Wales and the Wales Audit Office (9.15 - 9.45)  (Pages 3 - 14)

Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales

Gillian Body, Assistant Auditor General – Performance Audit

Anthony Barrett, Wales Audit Office Partner

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4. Approach to forward work planning (9.45 - 10.15) (Pages 15 - 25)

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5. Audit Legislation - (10.15-10.30) (Pages 26 - 35)

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6. Procurement Update  (10.30 - 10.40)

Update on the procurement process for appointing auditors of the accounts of the Auditor General for Wales.

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7. Other Business

Visit

Oral update on Audit Commission legislation

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Public Session (10.50-11.00)

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8. Issues of governance and accountability of the Auditor General for Wales (10.50 - 11.00)  (Pages 36 - 38)

PAC(4)-02-11 Paper 1

The Committee is to discuss mechanisms to consider the issues of governance and accountability in relation to the Auditor General for Wales.

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