Meeting Venue:
Video Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: 21 September 2020
Meeting time: 14.30
For further information contact:
Bethan Davies
Committee Clerk
0300 200 6372
SeneddFinance@senedd.wales
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In accordance with Standing Order 34.19, the Chair has determined that the public are excluded from the Committee's meeting in order to protect public health. This meeting will be broadcast live on www.senedd.tv
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
(14.30)
2 Paper(s) to note
(14.30) (Pages 1 - 4)
Minutes of the meeting held on 14 September 2020
3 Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
(14.30-15.30) (Pages 5 - 32)
Kirsty Williams MS, Minister for Education
Georgina Haarhoff, Deputy Director, Curriculum
Sara James, Head of Schools Research, Knowledge and Analytical Services
Andrew Hobden, Economist, Economic Advice Division
Supporting papers:
Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill
FIN(5)16-20 P1 - Letter to the Minister for Education from the Children, Young People and Education Committee – financial information – 22 July 2020
FIN(5)16-20 P2 – Letter from the Minister for Education – response to the Children, Young People and Education Committee – 4 August 2020
FIN(5)16-20 P3 – Letter from the Minister for Education – 1 September 2020
Research Brief
BREAK (15.30-15.45)
4 Oversight of the Wales Audit Office – Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20 and the Annual Plan 2020-21: Evidence session
(15.45-17.00) (Pages 33 - 311)
Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales
Isobel Everett, Chair of the Wales Audit Office Board, Audit Wales
Kevin Thomas, Executive Director Corporate Services, Audit Wales
Supporting papers:
FIN(5)-16-20 P4 – Audit Wales’ Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20
FIN(5)-16-20 P5 - Wales Audit Office – Audit Findings Report – Year Ended 31 March 2020
FIN(5)-16-20 P6 - Audit Wales - Annual Plan 2020-21
FIN(5)-16-20 P7 - RSM UK Tax and Accounting Limited - Value for Money Review of the Wales Audit Office’s Travel and Subsistence arrangements
FIN(5)-16-20 P8 – Valedictory letter from Chair of the Wales Audit Office
Research Brief
5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
(17.00)
6 Oversight of the Wales Audit Office – Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20 and the Annual Plan 2020-21: Consideration of evidence
(17.00-17.15)
7 Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence
(17.15-17.30)