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Transcript: Transcript for 05/07/2018 - Finance Committee - Fifth Senedd
Expected timing | No. | Item |
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(09.00-09.15) |
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. |
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(09.15) |
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. |
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(09.15) |
Paper(s) to note Supporting documents: Minutes: 3.1
The paper was noted. |
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(09.15-10.15) |
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. |
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(10.15-10.45) |
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. |
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(10.45) |
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. |
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(10.45-10.55) |
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. |
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(10.55-11.00) |
Consideration of proposals to amend the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013: Consideration of evidence Minutes: 8.1
The Committee considered the evidence received. |
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(11.00-11.10) |
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. |
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(11.10-11.20) |
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. |
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(11.20-11.50) |
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. |
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(11.50-12.05) |
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. |