Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Contact: Policy: Tom Jackson 

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(09:00-09:05)

1.

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

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

 

1.2        The Chair thanked Gwyn Price for his contribution to the work of the Committee and welcomed Sandy Mewies.

 

 

2.

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

Items 3, 6 and 7 and the meeting on 7 May 2013.

Minutes:

Items 3, 5 and 6 and the meeting on 7 May 2013.

(9:05 - 9:30)

7.

Implications of the Public Audit (Wales) Bill - Consideration of correspondence from Business Committee

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee discussed correspondence from the Business Committee regarding the implications of the Public Audit (Wales) Bill.

 

3.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Presiding Officer recommending that:

 

·         the ‘client’ and ‘oversight’ functions of the Public Accounts Committee are separated between it and another committee;

·         the Finance Committee be made responsible for considering, approving and making modifications to the estimate of the income and expenditure for the Wales Audit Office.

·         a new committee should be established, with a responsibility for overseeing the Wales Audit Office’s governance arrangements.

(09:30-10:15)

4.

The Procurement and Management of Consultancy Services - Evidence from Cardiff Council

Jonathan House, Chief Executive, Cardiff Council

Steve Robinson, Head of Commissioning and Procurement, Cardiff Council

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The Chair welcomed Jonathan House, Chief Executive, Cardiff Council and Steve Robinson, Head of Commissioning and Procurement, Cardiff Council.

 

4.2 The Committee questioned the witnesses.

 

Action points:

 

Cardiff Council agreed to provide:

 

·         Further information on the efficiencies made by the North Wales Procurement Partnership, including details of costs relating to its establishment;

·         Examples of good practice in consultancy and procurement in South Wales, including work undertaken by the Cardiff Academy.

(9:05 - 9:30)

3.

Implications of the Public Audit (Wales) Bill - Consideration of correspondence from the Business Committee

5.

Papers to note

PAC(4) 12-13 – Paper 1 – Correspondence from the Auditor General for Wales – Response to action point from meeting on 18 April 2013

 

PAC(4) 12-13 – Paper 2 – Correspondence from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board – Private patients Accessing NHS Services

 

PAC(4) 12-13 – Paper 3 – Forward Work Programme

 

Minutes of the meeting on 18 April 2013

 

Minutes of the meeting on 23 April 2013

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee noted correspondence from the Auditor General for Wales; the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; the Committee’s work programme for the summer term and the minutes of the meeting on 18 April and 23 April.

(10:15-10:20)

6.

The Procurement and Management of Consultancy Services - Consideration of Evidence

Minutes:

6.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received on the Procurement and Management of Consultancy Services.

(10:20-11:00)

7.

Grants Management in Wales - Consideration of draft concluding report

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee considered its draft concluding report on Grants Management in Wales and agreed to discuss it further at its next meeting.

Transcript

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