Agenda and minutes

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

PAC(4) 04-13 – Paper 1

2.1 The Chair welcomed Anthony Barrett, Assistant Auditor General and David Rees, Wales Audit Office Governance Manager.  

Action points:

The Wales Audit Office was asked to provide:

·       A note with additional information on the attendance of appointed members to the Drainage Board’s meetings (separated into Local Authorities’ Members and Officers). 

·       A note with information on the past membership of the Drainage Board.

PAC(4) 04-13 – Paper 2

3.1 The Chair welcomed Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales, Alan Morris, Group Director Performance Audit and Emma Giles, Performance Specialist.

4.1 The Committee noted the minutes of the previous meeting.

Items 6 and 7.

Items 6 to 7.

6.1 The Committee discussed options for handling issues arising from the Wales Audit Office’s report on the ‘Audit of Accounts 2010-2011: Caldicot and Wentlooge Levels Internal Drainage Board.’

Action point:

The Committee instructed its clerking team to prepare a scoping paper for a short inquiry into issues raised by the Wales Audit Office’s report on the ‘Audit of Accounts 2010-2011: Caldicot and Wentlooge Levels Internal Drainage Board.’

7.1 The Committee discussed issues raised by the Wales Audit Office’s report: Operations Forestry Commission Wales Follow-up Report.   

Action Points

The Committee noted the contents of the report.

The Committee resolved to request a written update from the Chief Executive of Natural Resources Wales on the implementation of a recommendation previously made by the third Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee regarding community involvement in decision making.

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