Public Accounts Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Tuesday, 2 December 2014

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09.03 - 10.45

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
 http://senedd.tv/en/2467

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Darren Millar AM (Chair)

William Graham AM

Mike Hedges AM

Alun Ffred Jones AM

Julie Morgan AM

Jenny Rathbone AM

Aled Roberts AM

Sandy Mewies AM

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Andrew Slade, Welsh Government

Gareth Jones, Welsh Government

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Meriel Singleton (Second Clerk)

Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk)

Huw Vaughan Thomas (Auditor General for Wales)

Andy Phillips (Wales Audit Office)

Matthew Mortlock (Wales Audit Office)

Emma Giles (Wales Audit Office)

 

 

 

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1   Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1        The chair welcomed the Members to the Committee.

 

1.2        There were no apologies.

 

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2   Papers to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

 

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3   Glastir

3.1 The Committee scrutinised the Welsh Government Sustainable Futures Director General, Gareth Jones and the Director of Agriculture, Food & Marine, Andrew Slade.

 

3.2 Gareth Jones agreed to provide the following to the Committee:

·         A note on the revised targets that Glastir is expected to achieve and how they will monitor the delivery against those, whether they are biodiversity targets or otherwise.

·         The average length of time an inspection takes.

·         The number of cross-compliance penalties and the total fines over the past few years.

·         A note on how many applications for land to be left unfarmed have been turned down.

·         An overview of the steps being taken to assist online applications.

 

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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.

 

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5   Glastir: Consideration of evidence received

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received from the Welsh Government.

 

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6   Forward work programme

6.1 The members considered and noted the work programme for the spring term.

 

</AI6>

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7   Scrutiny of Commissioners’ Accounts 2013-14: Consideration of evidence received

7.1 The Members agreed to produce a short report on the Commissioners’ Accounts.

 

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