Public Accounts Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Tuesday, 28 January 2014

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09:00 - 10:19

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
 http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_500000_28_01_2014&t=0&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Darren Millar (Chair)

Mohammad Asghar (Oscar)

Mike Hedges

Alun Ffred Jones

Julie Morgan

Jenny Rathbone

Aled Roberts

Sandy Mewies

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales, Wales Audit Office

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Meriel Singleton (Second Clerk)

Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk)

Joanest Jackson (Legal Advisor)

 

 

 

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1    Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to Committee and welcomed Alun Ffred Jones following his election to the Committee on 21 January.

 

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2    Papers to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

 

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2.1  Health Finances 2012-13 and Beyond: Letter from the Auditor General for Wales (14 January 2014)

 

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2.2  Unscheduled Care: Letter from David Sissling (14 January 2014)

 

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2.3  Unscheduled Care: Information from Hywel Dda Community Health Council

 

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2.4  Unscheduled Care: Letter from Hywel Dda University Health Board (22 January 2014)

 

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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.

 

</AI7>

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4    Higher Education Funding: Briefing from the Wales Audit Office

4.1 The Committee recived a briefing from the Wales Audit Office on the Higher Education Finances report which was published on 21 November 2013.

 

4.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Welsh Government seeking a response to the WAO report. It also agreed to return to this issue once further work is completed later this year.

 

</AI8>

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5    Health Finances 2012-13 and Beyond: Consideration of report

5.1 The Committee considered the draft report. A number of minor amendments were suggested and it was agreed that the redraft would be circulated for agreement out of Committee.

 

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