Decision details
Stage 4 Standing Order 26.47 motion to approve the Public Audit (Wales) Bill
Decision Maker: Finance Committee - Fifth Senedd, Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly, Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly, Business Committee - Fourth Assembly, Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly, Plenary - Fourth Assembly
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
Public Audit (Wales) Bill, a Government Bill, introduced by Jane
Hutt AM, Minister for Finance and Leader of the House. The Business Committee
has remitted the Bill to the Public
Accounts Committee.
About the Bill
The Public Audit (Wales) Bill aims to strengthen and improve the
accountability and governance arrangements relating to the Auditor General for
Wales (AGW) and the Wales Audit Office (WAO) whilst protecting the AGW’s
independence and objectivity.
Current Stage
The Public
Audit (Wales) Act 2013 year became law in Wales on 29
April 2013.
Record of Passage in the National Assembly for Wales
The following table sets out the dates for each stage of the Bill’s passage
through the National Assembly for Wales.
Contact information
Clerk: Sarah Beasley
Phone: 029 2089 8032
Postal address:
National Assembly for Wales
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1NA
Decision:
The
item started at 17.50
At
the conclusion of Stage 3 the Minister may propose that the Bill be passed in
accordance with Standing Order 26.47. If the proposition is agreed:
Stage
4 Standing Order 26.47 motion to approve the Public Audit (Wales) Bill.
The motion was agreed in accordance with
Standing Order 12.36.
Publication date: 05/03/2013
Date of decision: 05/03/2013
Decided at meeting: 05/03/2013 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly