Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 17 July 2019

Meeting time: 09.03 - 12.19
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5501

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Llyr Gruffydd AM (Chair) Alun Davies AM Mike Hedges AM Rhianon Passmore AM Nick Ramsay AM Mark Reckless AM
Witnesses:	Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales, Wales Audit Office, Auditor General for Wales, Wales Audit Office Rebecca Evans AM, Minister for Finance and Trefnydd Steve Davies, Welsh Government Andrew Jeffreys, Welsh Government Steve O'Donoghue, Wales Audit Office Martin Peters, Wales Audit Office Isobel Everett, Wales Audit Office
Committee Staff:	Georgina Owen (Clerk) Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk) Samantha Williams (Deputy Clerk) Owen Holzinger (Researcher) Christian Tipples (Researcher) Ben Harris (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 Apologies were received from Rhun ap Iowerth AM.

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2 Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1 Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services: Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Bill - 8 July 2019

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3 Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s capital funding sources: Evidence session 7

3.1 The Committee received evidence from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd on the Welsh Government’s capital funding sources.

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4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from part of the meeting (Items 5, 7, 8 and 9)

4.1 The motion was approved.

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5 Consideration of proposals to amend the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013: Briefing

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received on proposals to amend the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013.

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6 Consideration of proposals to amend the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013: Evidence session 4

6.1 The Committee received evidence on proposals to amend the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 from Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales, Isobel Everett, Chair of Wales Audit Office, Martin Peters, Head of Law and Ethics, Wales Audit Office and Steve O’Donoghue, Director of Finance, Wales Audit Office.

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7 Consideration of proposals to amend the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013: Key issues

7.1 The Committee considered the key issues from all the evidence received on proposals to amend the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013.

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8 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21: Consideration of an expert adviser

8.1 The Committee considered a draft job description for an expert adviser.

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9 Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s capital funding sources: Key issues

9.1 The Committee considered the key issues from all the evidence received on the Welsh Government’s capital funding sources.

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