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Public Accounts Committee |
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Committee Room 3 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Tuesday, 22 May 2012 |
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Meeting time: |
09:00 - 10:45 |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Darren Millar (Chair) Mohammad Asghar Mike Hedges Julie Morgan Gwyn Price Jenny Rathbone Aled Roberts Lindsay Whittle |
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Witnesses: |
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Katrina Febry, Performance Specialist David Rees, Wales Audit Office Thomas, Auditor General for Wales, Wales Audit Office Dave Thomas, Wales Audit Office |
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Committee Staff: |
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Tom Jackson (Clerk) Daniel Collier (Deputy Clerk) Joanest Jackson (Legal Advisor) |
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1. Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members and members of the public to the meeting.
2. Briefing from the Auditor General for Wales on the Wales Audit Office report National Fraud Initiative 2010-2011: Ensuring the proper use of public funds
2.1 The Chair welcomed Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales; David Rees, Governance Manager; and Katrina Febry, Performance Specialist.
2.2 The Auditor General for Wales briefed the Committee on the findings of his report National Fraud Initiative 2010-2011: Ensuring the proper use of public funds.
3. Advice from the Auditor General for Wales on the Welsh Government's response to Hospital Catering and Patient Nutrition
3.1 The Chair welcomed Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales and Dave Thomas, Director of health and Social Care.
3.2 The Committee discussed the Welsh Government’s response to its report on Hospital Catering and Patient Nutrition and the associated advice from the Auditor General for Wales.
3.3 The Committee agreed to write to the Welsh Government in relation to issues of concern in the Welsh Government response to the Committee’s report on Hospital Catering and Patient Nutrition, as identified by the Auditor General for Wales.
4. Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:
Items 5 to 7.
5. Consideration of options for handling the Wales Audit Office report National Fraud Initiative 2010-2011: Ensuring the proper use of public funds
5.1The Committee discussed their handling of the Auditor General’s report on National Fraud Initiative 2010—2011: Ensuring the proper use of public funds.
6. Follow-up of recommendations made by the third Assembly's Public Accounts Committee
6.1 The Committee discussed how it wished to proceed with receiving updates on particular reports and recommendations made by the Public Accounts Committee in the third assembly.
7. Papers to note
7.1 The committee ratified the minutes of the meeting on 8 May 2012.