Meeting Venue:
Committee Room 3 - Senedd
Meeting date: Tuesday, 1 March 2016
Meeting
time: 09.02 -
11.03
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3382
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: |
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Committee Staff: |
Meriel Singleton (Second Clerk) Joanest Varney-Jackson (Legal Adviser) Gemma Gifford (Deputy Clerk) Matthew Mortlock (Wales Audit Office) Huw Vaughan Thomas (Auditor General for Wales) |
View the meeting transcript.
1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting.
1.2 There were no apologies.
2.1 The papers were noted.
3.1 Members considered and noted the response received from the organisations with regard to the recommendations directed to them in the Committee’s report which was published in December 2015.
3.2 The Committee agreed to:
· Write to the Welsh Government seeking a view on the issues relating to the National Library for Wales’ insurance arrangements, the National Museum Wales’ approach to charging for events and views on both organisations severance arrangements.
· Seek clarification from the Assembly Commission on what action and how the Commission is planning to make material published on its website more accessible particularly to people with specific requirements.
· Include a recommendation in its Legacy Report, that the successor Committee scrutinises the Welsh Government on its Consolidated Accounts for 2015-16 in autumn 2016 and specifically considers whether the presentation of the accounts has improved and includes a link to the Welsh Government’s Annual Grants Management Report. It was also suggested that the successor Committee may also wish to probe more widely the Welsh Government’s approach to reducing energy consumption.
· Include a recommendation in its Legacy Report, that the successor Committee scrutinises the accounts of Natural Resources Wales in autumn 2016.
4.1 The motion was agreed.
5.1 Members noted and welcomed the draft revised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) relating to the BBC Charter Review.
5.2 It was agreed that the Chair would write to the Welsh Government thanking them for inviting the Committee to consider the MoU and also advising that the Committee’s Legacy Report will include a recommendation that its successor Committee considers including the BBC’s accounts as part of its annual account scrutiny work.
6.1 Members received a briefing from the Auditor General for Wales on his report, Establishment and Oversight of the Wales Life Science Investment Fund, which was published on 26 February.