Concise Minutes - Public Accounts Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Monday, 31 October 2016

Meeting time: 14.00 - 15.00

Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Nick Ramsay AM (Chair) Rhun ap Iorwerth AM Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Neil Hamilton AM Mike Hedges AM Rhianon Passmore AM Lee Waters AM
Wales Audit Office:	Huw Vaughan Thomas Matthew Mortlock
Committee Staff:	Fay Buckle (Clerk) Meriel Singleton (Second Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Joanest Varney-Jackson (Legal Adviser) Jonathan Baxter (Researcher) Martin Jennings (Researcher) Gregg Jones (Researcher) Rhayna Mann (Communications Officer)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members of the Committee.

1.2 There were no apologies.

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2 Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

2.2 The Committee agreed:

· NHS Wales Health Board’s Governance: Additional information from Healthcare Inspectorate Wales – to ask HIW for a further update on voluntary lay reviewers in summer 2017; and

· Scrutiny of Accounts: Additional information from Careers Wales – to seek further clarification as to the rationale as to why all the previous local authority pension schemes have not been merged into one.

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2.1 NHS Wales Health Board’s Governance: Additional information from Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (10 October 2016)

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2.2 Hospital Catering and Patient Nutrition: Letter from Mike Hedges AM, Chair of Petitions Committee (17 October 2016)

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2.3 Scrutiny of Accounts: Additional information from the Welsh Government (17 October 2016)

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2.4 Scrutiny of Accounts: Additional information from Careers Wales (19 October 2016)

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2.5 NHS Wales Health Board’s Governance: Additional information from the Welsh Government (21 October 2016)

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3 Rail Services: Auditor General for Wales report

3.1 The Committee agreed that as the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills (EIS) Committee are scheduled to undertake an inquiry into rail services, Public Accounts Committee would not undertake an inquiry.  Members agreed that the Chair would write to the Chair of EIS Committee requesting that issues highlighted in the discussion be included in their inquiry.

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4 Coastal flood and erosion risk management in Wales: Correspondence

4.1 The Committee agreed to undertake a short inquiry into this issue specifically looking at strategic overview.

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5 Housing Associations: Scoping paper on possible inquiry

5.1 The Members considered and discussed the scoping paper regarding a possible inquiry into housing associations.

5.2 Members agreed to undertake an inquiry subject to inclusion of additional terms of reference.

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6 Implications for Wales of Britain exiting the European Union

6.1 The Members considered and discussed the scoping paper regarding a possible inquiry into implications for Wales of Britain leaving the European Union.

6.2 Members asked the Clerking Team to revise the paper and bring back to Committee for further consideration.

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