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Public Accounts Committee |
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Committee Room 3 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Tuesday, 23 September 2014 |
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Meeting time: |
09.00 - 10.31 |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Darren Millar AM (Chair) Keith Davies AM William Graham AM Mike Hedges AM Alun Ffred Jones AM Julie Morgan AM Jenny Rathbone AM Aled Roberts AM |
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Witnesses: |
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Peter Black AM, Commissioner Claire Clancy, Chief Executive & Clerk of the Assembly Nicola Callow, Assembly Commission Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales, Wales Audit Office Richard Harries |
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Committee Staff: |
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Michael Kay (Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Richard Bettley (Researcher) |
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Transcript
View the meeting transcript.
1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to Committee.
1.2 Sandy Mewies sent her apologies due to her responsibilities as an Assembly Commissioner (SO 18.9 refers). Keith Davies substituted.
2 Assembly Commission Annual Report and Accounts 2013 - 2014
2.1 The Committee considered the Assembly Commission Annual Report and Accounts 2013 – 2014 questioning Peter Black AM, Commissioner, Claire Clancy, Chief Executive and Clerk to the Assembly and Nicola Callow, Director of Finance.
2.2 Claire Clancy agreed to:
· Provide an outline of the action taken following the fraud incident
· Provide further details of the HR Payroll project slippage
· Agreed to send an extract depicting the gender balance by grade from the Annual Equality Report 2013-14
· Provide an outline of the energy efficiency ratings of Ty Hywel and the Senedd
· Provide detailed information on ICT costs for 2013-14 including normal running costs and expenditure incurred with the project to bring ICT provision in-house
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 Assembly Commission Annual Report and Accounts 2013 - 2014: Consideration of evidence received
4.1 Members discussed the evidence received and agreed to revisit the issue on receipt of the additional information from the Assembly Commission.