Concise Minutes - Public Accounts Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: 22 September 2015

Meeting time: 09.02 - 11.09
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3227

Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Darren Millar AM (Chair) Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Jocelyn Davies AM Mike Hedges AM Sandy Mewies AM Julie Morgan AM Jenny Rathbone AM Aled Roberts AM
Witnesses:	David Anderson, National Museum Wales Colin John, National Library for Wales Avril Jones, National Library for Wales David Michael, National Library for Wales Neil Wicks, National Museum Wales
Committee Staff:	Fay Buckle (Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Joanest Varney-Jackson (Legal Adviser) Terry Lewis (Wales Audit Office) Matthew Mortlock (Wales Audit Office) Steve Wyndham (Wales Audit Office)

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1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting.

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2 Papers to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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3 Scrutiny of Accounts 2014 -15: National Library for Wales

3.1 The Committee considered the National Library for Wales’ annual accounts for 2014-15, questioning David Michael, Director of Corporate Resources, Colin John, Treasurer of the Board of Trustees and Avril Jones, Director of Collections and Public Programmes, National Library for Wales.

3.2 David Michael agreed to provide a copy of the Review undertaken by PWC and a timeline for implementing the recommendations contained within that Review.

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4 Scrutiny of Accounts 2014 -15: National Museum Wales

4.1 The Committee considered National Museum Wales’ annual accounts for 2014-15, questioning David Anderson, Director General, and Neil Wicks, Director of Finance and Corporate Resources, National Museum Wales.

4.2 Julie Morgan AM declared an interest as a Member of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) Group in the National Assembly.

4.3 David Anderson agreed to provide a note showing the breakdown of the £6.5m cost of charitable activities in respect of museum operations.

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

5.1 The motion was agreed.

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6 Scrutiny of Accounts 2014 - 15: Consideration of evidence received

6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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7 Committee Correspondence - Public Accounts Committee: Letter from the Auditor General for Wales on Concessionary Fares Scheme (17 September 2015)

7.1 The paper was noted.

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