Public Accounts Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Tuesday, 20 May 2014

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09.03 - 10.52

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_400000_20_05_2014&t=0&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Darren Millar AM (Chair)

William Graham AM

Mike Hedges AM

Alun Ffred Jones AM

Julie Morgan AM

Jenny Rathbone AM

Aled Roberts AM

Gwyn R Price AM (In place of Sandy Mewies AM)

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Elaine Ballard, Taff Housing Association

Norma Barry, Tai Calon

Nick Bennett, Community Housing Cymru Group

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

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Meriel Singleton (Second Clerk)

Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk)

Gareth David Thomas (Researcher)

 

 

 

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Transcript

View the meeting transcript.

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1    Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to Committee.

1.2 Apologies were received from Sandy Mewies. Gwyn Price substituted.

 

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2    Papers to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

 

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3    Hospital Catering and Patient Nutrition: Update from Welsh Government

3.1 Members considered the letter from Professor White and noted that the Auditor General plans to review the recomendations contained in his both his report from 2011 and the Committee’s report of 2012. The Committee agreed to return to this item in the autumn.

 

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4    Meeting the Financial Challenges Facing Local Government in Wales

4.1 Members considered the correspondence received and agreed to undertake a short inquiry into this issue during the summer term.

 

 

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5    Senior Management Pay: Evidence Session 7

5.1 The Committee took evidence from Nick Bennett - Chief Executive, Community Housing Cymru Group, Elaine Ballard - Chief Executive, Taff Housing Association and Norma Barry -  Chair of Tai Calonon Senior Management Pay.

5.2 Nick Bennett agreed to send an analysis of the differences between the current charter on good governance and the draft code scheduled to replace the charter.

 

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6    Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

6.1 The motion was agreed.

 

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7    Senior Management Pay: Consideration of evidence received

7.1 Members considered the evidence received.

 

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