Concise Minutes - Public Accounts Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Monday, 30 January 2017

Meeting time: 14.00 - 16.39
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3909

Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Nick Ramsay AM (Chair) Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Neil Hamilton AM Mike Hedges AM Neil McEvoy AM Rhianon Passmore AM
Witnesses:	Clarissa Corbisiero-Peters, Community Housing Cymru Stuart Ropke, Community Housing Cymru Peter Hughes, Council of Mortgage Lenders John Marr, Council of Mortgage Lenders
Wales Audit Office	Ann Marie Harkin - Wales Audit Office Stephen Lisle - Wales Audit Office Nick Selwyn - Wales Audit Office Dave Thomas - Wales Audit Office
Committee Staff:	Fay Bowen (Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Jonathan Baxter (Researcher)

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Transcript

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members of the Committee to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Lee Waters. There was no substitute.

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2 Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1 Inquiry into Regulatory oversight of Housing Associations: Summary of discussions at Stakeholder Event (5 December 2016)

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3 Inquiry into Regulatory oversight of Housing Associations: Evidence Session 3

3.1 The Committee took evidence from Stuart Ropke, Chief Executive, and Clarissa Corbisiero-Peters, Deputy Chief Executive, Community Housing as part of its inquiry into the Regulatory oversight of Housing Associations.

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4 Inquiry into Regulatory oversight of Housing Associations: Evidence Session 4

4.1 The Committee took evidence from John Marr, Senior Policy Adviser, Council of Mortgage Lenders and Peter Hughes, Principality Building Society/ Council of Mortgage Lenders as part of its inquiry into the Regulatory oversight of Housing Associations.

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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 Inquiry into Regulatory oversight of Housing Associations: Consideration of evidence received

6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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7 Community Safety in Wales: Consideration of Correspondence from Police and Crime Commissioners

7.1 The Committee considered the responses from the Police and Crime Commissioners to the Auditor General for Wales’ report and noted that the Welsh Government will be undertaking a fundamental review of community safety in Wales rather than just address the recommendations contained within the Auditor General’s report. The Committee agreed to clarify with Welsh Government its planned review and revisit the issue on publication of the Welsh Government’s review.

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8 Medicines Management: Auditor General for Wales' Report

8.1 The Committee received a briefing on the Auditor General for Wales’ report on his recent report on medicines management.

8.2 The Committee agreed to hold an evidence session with the Welsh Government on this issue in spring 2017.

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9 Governance Review of the National Library for Wales: Auditor General for Wales' Report

9.1 The Committee received a briefing on the Auditor General for Wales’ report on his recent report on Governance Review of the National Library for Wales.

9.2 The Committee agreed to scrutinise the National Library’s annual report and accounts 2016-17 in the autumn 2017 term.

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