Decision details
Stage 3 Standing Order 26.44 debate on 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
17.20
In accordance with
Standing Order 26.36, amendments will be disposed of in the order which the
sections and schedules to which they relate, arise in the Bill.
The Amendments have been grouped for the purposes of debate and the groupings
will be debated as follows:
1. Technical and
consequential
28, 29, 14, 26, 15A, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
2. Scheme of delegation
2, 3
3. WAO Employee Members
4, 5, 6, 7, 25
4. Annual plan
8, 9, 11
5. Preparation of
interim reports
10, 12, 13
6. Transfer of staff to
WAO
1*, 1A*, 27
* These amendments will be disposed of in
the order—1A, 1
Voting was taken in the order
set out in the Marshalled List of Amendments:
Amendment 28 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 29 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 2 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 3 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 4 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 5 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 6 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 7 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 25 was not moved.
Amendment 8 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 9 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 10 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 11 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 12 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 13 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 14 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 1A was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 1 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 27 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 26 was not moved.
Amendment 15A was not moved.
Amendment 15 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 16 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 17 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 18 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 19 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 20 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 21 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 22 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 23 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Amendment 24 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
All sections and schedules of the Bill were deemed agreed, concluding
Stage 3 proceedings.
Publication date: 05/03/2013
Date of decision: 05/03/2013
Decided at meeting: 05/03/2013 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly