Agenda and minutes

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Transcript: Transcript for 05/07/2018 - Finance Committee - Fifth Senedd

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(09.00-09.15)

1.

Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2018-19: Consideration of draft report

Paper 1 – Draft report

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

1.1        The Committee agreed the report with minor changes.

 

1.2        Mark Reckless AM absented himself from this item.

(09.15)

2.

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Minutes:

2.1 Apologies were received from Steffan Lewis AM and Nick Ramsay AM.

 

2.2 The Chair welcomed Mark Reckless AM who attended as a substitute for Nick Ramsay AM.

(09.15)

3.

Paper(s) to note

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The paper was noted.

(09.15-10.15)

4.

Wales Audit Office and the Auditor General for Wales's Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18 and Annual Plan for 2018-19: Evidence session

Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales

Alison Gerrard, Board Member, Wales Audit Office

Steve O’Donoghue, Director of Finance, Wales Audit Office

Matthew Hockridge, Head of Planning and Reporting, Wales Audit Office

 

Paper 2 – The Wales Audit Office and Auditor General for Wales's Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18

Paper 3 - Wales Audit Office - Final Audit Findings Report - Year Ended 31 March 2018

Paper 4 – Making public money count: Auditor General for Wales and Wales Audit Office Annual Plan for 2018-19

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee took evidence from Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales; Alison Gerrard, Board Member, Wales Audit Office; Steve O’Donoghue, Director of Finance, Wales Audit Office and Matthew Hockridge, Head of Planning and Reporting, Wales Audit Office on the Wales Audit Office and the Auditor General for Wales's Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18 and Annual Plan for 2018-19.

 

 

(10.15-10.45)

5.

Consideration of proposals to amend the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013: Evidence session

Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales

Alison Gerrard, Board Member, Wales Audit Office

Steve O’Donoghue, Director of Finance, Wales Audit Office

Martin Peters, Head of Law and Ethics, Wales Audit Office

 

Paper 5 – Letter from the Wales Audit Office to the Chair - The Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 – 21 June 2018

Paper 6 – Proposals for a bill to amend the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013

Paper 7 – Draft Public Audit (Amendment) (Wales) Bill

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee took evidence from Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales; Alison Gerrard, Board Member, Wales Audit Office; Steve O’Donoghue, Director of Finance, Wales Audit Office; and Martin Peters, Head of Law and Ethics, Wales Audit Office on the consideration of proposals to amend the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013.

(10.45)

6.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

Minutes:

6.1 The motion was agreed.

(10.45-10.55)

7.

Wales Audit Office and the Auditor General for Wales's Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18 and Annual Plan for 2018-19: Consideration of evidence

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

(10.55-11.00)

8.

Consideration of proposals to amend the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013: Consideration of evidence

Minutes:

8.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

(11.00-11.10)

9.

Consideration of the appointment of the Auditor General for Wales

Paper 8 – Appointment of the Auditor General for Wales

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

9.1 The Committee agreed the accounting officer memorandum and noted the terms and conditions and remuneration arrangements for the next Auditor General for Wales.

(11.10-11.20)

10.

Approach to scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Draft Budget 2019-20

Paper 9 - Approach to scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Draft Budget 2019-20

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

10.1 The Committee agreed its approach to scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget for 2019-20.

 

10.2 The Committee agreed to hold a public consultation on proposals for the draft budget to steer the Committee’s scrutiny, to be held over the summer recess.

(11.20-11.50)

11.

Consideration of a legislative budget process

Paper 10 – Legislative budget process

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

11.1 The Committee noted the paper and considered the next steps.

(11.50-12.05)

12.

Childcare Funding (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report

Paper 11 – Draft report

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

12.1     The Committee agreed the report.

 

12.2   Mark Reckless AM absented himself from this item.