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Public Accounts Committee |
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Committee Room 3 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Tuesday, 15 October 2013 |
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Meeting time: |
09:00 - 10:34 |
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This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at: |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Darren Millar (Chair) Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Mike Hedges Julie Morgan Jenny Rathbone Aled Roberts Jocelyn Davies Sandy Mewies |
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Witnesses: |
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Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales, Wales Audit Office Stephen Martin, Wales Audit Office Meilyr Rowlands, Estyn Gillian Body, Assistant Auditor General, Wales Audit Office Paul Dimblebee, Group Director - Performance Audit, WAO |
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Committee Staff: |
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Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Joanest Jackson (Legal Advisor) |
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Transcript
View the meeting transcript.
1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members and members of the public to the meeting.
2 Covering Teachers’ Absence: Briefing from the Wales Audit Office
2.1 The Committee received a briefing from Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales, on The Wales Audit Office Report ‘Covering Teachers’ Absence’. The Auditor General was accompanied by Stephen Martin from the WAO and Meilyr Rowlands from Estyn. The briefing was supplemented by questioning from the Committee.
3 Papers to note
3.1 The papers were noted.
4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:
4.1 The motion was agreed.
5 Covering Teachers’ Absence: Members' consideration of issues raised by the Wales Audit Office Report
5.1 The Committee agreed to undertake a short inquiry into ‘Covering Teachers’ Absence’.
6 Grants Management in Wales: Consideration of advice from the Auditor General Wales
6.1 The Committee noted the correspondence and agreed to review the position upon publication of the Welsh Government’s annual report on Grants Management, expected in December 2013.
7 Civil Emergencies in Wales: Consideration of advice from the Auditor General Wales
7.1 The Committee noted the correspondence and agreed that the Clerk would write to the Welsh Government seeking clarification on the issues raised in his advice.
8 The Welsh Government’s acquisition and action to dispose of the former River Lodge Hotel, Llangollen: Consideration of advice from Wales Audit Office
8.1 The Committee noted the correspondence and the WAO’s intention to monitor how the Welsh Government updates and clarifies progress with implementing the Committee’s recommendations.