Meeting Venue:
Video Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Monday, 6 July 2020
Meeting time: 13.00 - 16.02
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/6401
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Names |
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Assembly Members: |
Nick Ramsay MS (Chair) Gareth Bennett MS Vikki Howells MS Rhianon Passmore MS Jenny Rathbone MS Rhun ap Iorwerth MS |
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Witnesses: |
Shan Morgan, Welsh Government Gawain Evans, Welsh Government Dr Andrew Goodall, Welsh Government Andrew Jeffreys, Welsh Government David Richards, Welsh Government Andrew Slade, Welsh Government |
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Audit Wales: |
Adrian Crompton - Auditor General for Wales Matthew Mortlock Mike Usher Alastair McQuaid |
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Committee Staff: |
Fay Bowen (Clerk) Tom Lewis-White (Second Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Joanne McCarthy (Researcher) |
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting.
1.2 Apologies were received from Delyth Jewell MS. Rhun ap Iorwerth MS substituted.
2 Inquiry into COVID-19 and its impact on matters relating to the Public Accounts Committee’s remit: Impacts for the Welsh Government
2.1 The Committee questioned Shan Morgan – Permanent Secretary at the Welsh Government, Dr Andrew Goodall, Andrew Slade, Andrew Jeffreys, Gawain Evans and David Richards as part of their Inquiry into COVID-19 on the impacts for the Welsh Government.
2.3 The Chair advised the Permanent Secretary that he would write with areas of questioning that were not reached in the session.
3 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:
3.1 The motion was agreed.
4 Inquiry into COVID-19 and its impact on matters relating to the Public Accounts Committee’s remit: Consideration of evidence received
4.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.
5 Auditor General for Wales Report: Ensuring Value for Money from Rural Development Grants Made Without Competition
5.1 The Committee considered the Auditor General for Wales’ Report: Ensuring Value for Money from Rural Development Grants Made Without Competition, and agreed to undertake a short inquiry.
6 Forward Work Programme: Consideration of autumn 2020 work programme
6.1 Members considered and discussed their priorities for the Committee’s autumn 2020 work programme. Following this discussion, the Clerks will prepare a further paper for discussion at the next meeting.