Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Contact: Policy: Tom Jackson  Legislation: Sarah Beasley

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(9:10 - 9:15)

1.

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members and members of the public to the meeting.

(9:15 - 9:50)

2.

The estimate of Income and expenditure of the WAO for the year ending 31 March 2014

PAC(4) 23-12 – Paper 1 – Estimate of income and expenditure of the WAO for the year ending 31 March 2014

 

Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales

Kevin Thomas, Assistant Auditor General for Wales

Ann-Marie Harkin, Group Director, Wales Audit Office

Terry Jones, Technical Manager, Wales Audit Office

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 The Chair welcomed Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales; Kevin Thomas, Assistant Auditor General for Wales; Ann-Marie Harkin, Group Director; and Terry Jones, Technical Manager.

 

2.2 The Committee scrutinised the Auditor General on his estimate of income and expenditure for the year ending 31 March 2014.

 

Action points:

 

The Auditor General for Wales agreed to provide:

 

·         Further information on the capacity of the current ICT server at the WAO and how the Wales Audit Office calculated when it would need to replace its server.

 

(9:50 - 10:40)

3.

The Welsh Government's acquisition and action to dispose of the former River Lodge Hotel, Llangollen - Evidence from the Welsh Government

 

James Price, Director General, Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science

Jeff Collins, Director Delivery

Minutes:

3.1 The Chair welcomed James Price, Director General, Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science; and Jeff Collins, Director of Delivery.

 

3.2 The Committee questioned the witnesses.

 

Action points:

The Welsh Government agreed to provide:

·       Further information clarifying whether Welsh Government officials had responded to correspondence sent by the solicitors of Powys Fadog.

·       Further information on how Welsh Government officials came to the decision to deem the River Lodge Hotel site surplus to requirement.

 

4.

Papers to note

PAC(4) 23-12 – Paper 2 – Follow up of recommendations made by the Third Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee

 

 

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee noted the paper on the follow up of recommendations made by the Third Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee.

5.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

Items 6 and 7.

Minutes:

Items 6 and 7.

(10:40 - 10:50)

6.

Consideration of evidence on the Welsh Government's acquisition and action to dispose of the former River Lodge Hotel, Llangollen

Minutes:

6.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received on the Welsh Government’s acquisition and action to dispose of the former River Lodge Hotel, Llangollen.

(10:50 - 11:00)

7.

Consideration of the estimate of income and expenditure of the WAO for the year ending 31 March 2014

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee discussed the estimate of income and expenditure of the WAO for the year ending 31 March 2012.

 

Transcript

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