Decision details
Debate on the General Principles of 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 15:35
NDM5111 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Standing
Order 26.11:
Agrees to the general principles of the Public Audit
(Wales) Bill.
The Public Audit (Wales) Bill and Explanatory Memorandum were laid before
the Assembly on 9 July 2012.
The report of The Public Accounts Committee on the Public Audit (Wales)
Bill was laid before the Assembly on 23 November 2012.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Publication date: 04/12/2012
Date of decision: 04/12/2012
Decided at meeting: 04/12/2012 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly