Agenda and minutes

Motion under Standing Order 17.22 to appoint a Temporary Chair in the absence of the Chair.

1.1 The Clerk requested nominations for a temporary Committee Chair under Standing Order 17.22. Mohammad Asghar nominated Andrew RT Davies, who was duly appointed for this meeting.

2.1 The Temporary Chair welcomed Members and members of the public.

2.2 Apologies had been received from Darren Millar, for whom Andrew RT Davies was substituting and Lyndsay Whittle.

3.1 The Chair invited the Auditor General for Wales and Alan Morris, Group Director – Performance Audit to brief the Committee on the Wales Audit Office report Public Engagement in Local Government.

3.2 The Committee agreed to invite the WLGA to provide information on examples of public engagement exercises being under taken by councils in Wales.

3.3 The Auditor General agreed to provide examples of good practice identified during his investigation and provide feedback on the outcomes of the Shared Learning Seminar on public engagement in Wales.

Items 5 to 7.

Items 5 to 7.

5.1 The Committee discussed its options for handling the Wales Audit Office report Public Engagement in Local Government.

6.1 The Committee agreed which witnesses it wished to invite to provide evidence on the inquiry into The Welsh Government’s acquisition and action to dispose of the former River Lodge Hotel, Llangollen.

7.1 The Committee discussed the feedback from Members’ informal information gathering on Scotland’s Grants Management framework.

8.1 The Committee ratified the minutes of the meeting on 12 July 2012.

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