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Introductions, apologies and declaration of interests
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Meeting: 14/02/2022 - Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Item 2)
Minutes of 22 November, actions and matters arising
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 2
- Restricted enclosure 3
Minutes:
ARAC (22-01) Paper 1 – Draft Minutes of 22 November 2021
ARAC (22-01) Paper 2 – Summary of actions
2.1 The minutes of the 22 November meeting were formally
agreed with one amendment to paragraph 18.1 to note.
2.2 The Committee requested an update on the digital archive
project. Manon Antoniazzi had met with
an archivist at the National Library of Wales and plans were underway to
re-locate the tapes to archive conditions with the intention of future
digitalisation. This only applied to broadcast tapes as paper records were
already routinely archived.
2.3 The Committee thanked officials for the papers that had been circulated since the November meeting and had particularly welcomed sight of the draft new cyber-security assurance report and details of the proposed Estates Strategy. Members welcomed the offer of a briefing session on the Estates Strategy and asked for regular updates when appropriate.
Action
·
Ed
Williams to provide briefing to ARAC members on progress with the Estates
Strategy.
Meeting: 23/04/2021 - Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Item 1)
Introductions, apologies and declaration of interests
Minutes:
1.1
The
Chair welcomed everyone to the extended meeting. There were no apologies.
1.2
As
this was Suzy Davies’ last meeting the Chair expressed, on behalf of the whole
Committee, heartfelt thanks for her contribution, insight and constructive
challenge during her term as a member of the Committee. He would welcome
hearing her thoughts on her membership later in the meeting.
Meeting: 10/07/2020 - Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Item 1)
Introductions, apologies and declaration of interests
Minutes:
1.1
The
Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and noted apologies had been received
from Gareth Watts and Ann-Marie Harkin.
1.2
No
interests were declared.
Meeting: 27/04/2020 - Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Item 1)
Introductions, apologies and declaration of interests
Minutes:
1.1 The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and noted apologies had been received from Ann-Marie Harkin, Audit Wales.
1.2 No interests were declared.
1.3 It had been agreed out of committee that, in order to reflect the change of name from the Assembly Commission to the Senedd Commission which would come into effect on 6 May, the full name of the Committee would change to the Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (SCARAC) and would be commonly referred to internally as ARAC.
Meeting: 20/01/2020 - Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Item 1)
Introductions, apologies and declaration of interests
Minutes:
1.1
The Chair welcomed everyone to the
meeting and noted apologies had been received from Suzy Davies AM, Assembly
Commissioner and Committee member. Julian Luke, Head of Policy and Legislation
Committee Service, was in attendance as an observer.
1.2 No interests were declared.
Meeting: 21/10/2019 - Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Item 1)
Introductions, apologies and declaration of interests
Minutes:
1.1
The Chair welcomed everyone to the
meeting and noted apologies had been received from Ann-Marie Harkin and Gareth
Lucey, both from the Wales Audit Office (WAO), and welcomed Jon Martin who was
attending on their behalf.
1.2
No interests were declared.
Meeting: 15/07/2019 - Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Item 1)
Introductions, apologies and declaration of interests
Minutes:
1.1
Two apologies were received from Suzy Davies
AM, Commissioner and Ann-Marie Harkin, Wales Audit Office (WAO).
1.2
The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting
and asked members to take into account the minutes of the June meeting to
inform a recommendation that the Chief Executive and Clerk signs the accounts.
Meeting: 17/06/2019 - Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Item 1)
Introductions, apologies and declaration of interests
Minutes:
1.1 One apology was received from Hugh Widdis, Independent Committee
Member.
1.2 The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting, with a special
welcome to Aled Eirug, who was observing the meeting ahead of formally joining
the Committee in October 2019.
1.3 No interests were declared.
Meeting: 25/03/2019 - Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Item 1)
Introductions, apologies and declaration of interests
Minutes:
1.1
One
apology received from Ann-Marie Harkin (WAO).
1.2
The
Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and thanked the Clerking team for their
support in this, his first meeting as Chair.
1.3
No
interests were declared.
Meeting: 11/02/2019 - Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Item 15)
Introductions, apologies and declarations of interest
Minutes:
1.1 Apologies
were received from Gareth
Lucey (WAO) and Buddug
Saer, Committee Deputy Clerk.
1.2 The
Chair welcomed Clive Fitzgerald from TIAA and Siwan Davies, recently appointed Director
of Assembly Business to the meeting.
1.3
The Chair declared that he was a member of
the NHS Wales Digital Architecture Review Advisory Group.
Meeting: 26/11/2018 - Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Item 1)
Introductions, apologies and declaration of interests
Minutes:
1.0 Item
1 - Introductions, apologies and declarations of interest
1.1 One
apology was received from Ann-Marie Harkin (WAO).
1.2
The Chair welcomed two new Independent
Advisors to the meeting, Ann Beynon and Bob Evans. Ann and Bob outlined their professional
backgrounds and current portfolio of roles.
1.3
The Chair declared that, following the
Parliamentary Review of Health and Social Care in Wales, he was now supporting
the reviews of the Digital Architecture and Governance arrangements.
Meeting: 09/07/2018 - Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Item 1)
Introductions, apologies and declaration of interests
Minutes:
1.1 No
apologies
were received and no interests
were declared.
Meeting: 18/06/2018 - Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Item 1)
Introductions, apologies and declaration of interests
Minutes:
1.1 Apologies were received from Suzy Davies, AM
and Commissioner. It was agreed that the clerking team would capture any
comments on the papers from Suzy together with responses from officials.
1.2 The Chair welcomed Craig Stephenson
for two specific items - 7 and 12.
1.3 No
interests were declared.
Meeting: 23/04/2018 - Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Item 1)
Introductions, apologies and declaration of interests
Minutes:
1.1 Apologies were received from Ann-Marie
Harkin, Wales Audit Office (WAO).
1.2 The Chair welcomed Mark Neilson
(Head of ICT and Broadcasting) and Richard Coombe (Head of Infrastructure &
Operations Management).
1.3 Eric
Gregory declared that he continued to be part of the implementation
team for the Parliamentary Review of Health and Social Care in Wales.
1.4 No
other interests were declared.
1.5
It had been agreed out of committee that, in
order to reflect the change of name from the Assembly Commission to the Senedd
Commission which would come into effect on 6 May, the full name of the
Committee would change to the Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance
Committee (SCARAC) and would be commonly referred to internally as ARAC.