Concise Minutes - Public Accounts Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Monday, 7 October 2019

Meeting time: 13.15 - 15.00
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5625

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Nick Ramsay AM (Chair) Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Gareth Bennett AM Vikki Howells AM Rhianon Passmore AM Adam Price AM Jenny Rathbone AM
Witnesses:	Gawain Evans, Welsh Government Peter Kennedy, Welsh Government Shan Morgan, Welsh Government David Richards, Welsh Government
Wales Audit Office:	Adrian Crompton – Auditor General for Wales Alison Butler Mike Usher
Committee Staff:	Fay Bowen (Clerk) Lowri Barrance (Deputy Clerk) Joanne McCarthy (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting. There were no apologies.

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2 Paper(s) to note

2.1 The Committee considered and noted the Welsh Government’s response and agreed to request a comprehensive update on progress made against the recommendations in July 2020.

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2.1 Primary care out-of-hours services: Consideration of the Welsh Government Response to the Committee's Report

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3 Scrutiny of Accounts 2018-19: Welsh Government - General scrutiny of accounts

3.1 The Committee received evidence from Shan Morgan - Permanent Secretary, Gawain Evans - Director of Finance, Peter Kennedy - HR Director and David Richards - Director of Governance and Ethics, Welsh Government on the scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Consolidated Accounts 2018-19.

2.2 The Permanent Secretary agreed to:

· Send a note regarding the Welsh Government’s Non-Executive Directors being able to take on additional roles in addition to their agreed terms;

· Advise of additional payments made to Non-Executive Directors made in the 2018-19 financial year;

· Provide more information on loans and investments awarded during the 2018-19 financial year; and

· Send a note on the underspend which occurred in the capital budget for Gypsies and Travellers.

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4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting.

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5 Scrutiny of Accounts: Consideration of evidence received

5.1 Members considered the evidence received.

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