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Transcript: Transcript for 21/10/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd
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(13.15) |
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest Minutes: 1.1
The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting. |
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(13.15) |
Paper(s) to note Supporting documents: Minutes: 2.1
The papers were noted. 2.2
The Committee agreed that the Chair write to the Welsh Government seeking
clarification on a number of issues contained in the letter on the Regulatory
oversight of Housing Associations. 2.3
The Committee agreed that the Chair would write to the Chair of the Climate
Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee advising of the publication of
the Fuel Poverty Report and to the Chair of the Health, Social Care and Sport
Committee regarding the ‘front door’ to adult social care Report. 2.4
The Committee requested a detailed briefing on the Public Spending Trends. |
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Inquiry into Regulatory oversight of Housing Associations: Letter from the Welsh Government (3 October 2019) |
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Auditor General for Wales Report: The ‘front door’ to adult social care Auditor
General for Wales Report: The
‘front door’ to adult social care |
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Auditor General for Wales Report: Fuel Poverty Auditor
General for Wales Report: Fuel
Poverty |
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Auditor General for Wales Report: Review of Public Service Boards Auditor
General for Wales Report: Review
of Public Service Boards |
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Auditor General for Wales Report: Public Spending Trends in Wales 1999-00 to 2017-18 Auditor
General for Wales Report: Public
Spending Trends in Wales 1999-00 to 2017-18 |
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(13.20 - 14.50) |
Scrutiny of Accounts 2018-19: Welsh Government Research
Briefing PAC(5)-26-19
Paper 1 – Welsh
Government Consolidated Accounts 2018-19 Shan
Morgan - Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government Andrew
Slade - Director General Economy, Skills and Natural Resources Group, Welsh
Government Peter
Ryland - Chief Executive WEFO Gawain
Evans - Director of Finance, Welsh Government David
Richards - Director of Governance and Ethics, Welsh Government Supporting documents:
Minutes: 3.1
The Committee undertook the second scrutiny session with the Permanent
Secretary on the Welsh Government’s Consolidated Accounts 2018-19. 3.2
The Chair asked for clarification on what the £21.2M loan will be spent on at
Cardiff Airport together with a repayment schedule, following publication of
the Welsh Government’s written statement earlier today. Andrew Slade agreed to
write with further details. 3.3
The Permanent Secretary agreed to: ·
Update
the committee on the bilateral discussions scheduled for November regarding the
European Agricultural Funds Rural Development Accounts; ·
Provide
further information regarding the scale of loss in 2018-19 regarding expired
drug stocks and explore if the drugs could have been utilised elsewhere prior
to their expiry date, including why the figures for drugs written off were
higher than for previous years; ·
Send
further details regarding the Welsh Government’s free swimming grant for over
60 year olds; ·
Send
further information once the report of the evaluation of the flexible funding
pilot is produced; and ·
Clarify
why only 41 % of the allocated funding of the Rural Development Plan had been
spent as at August 2019. |
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(14.50) |
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business: Item
5 Minutes: 4.1
The motion was agreed. |
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(14.50 - 15.15) |
Scrutiny of Accounts 2018-19: Consideration of evidence received Minutes: 5.1
Members considered the evidence received. |