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Finance Committee |
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Committee Room 2 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Thursday, 6 November 2014 |
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Meeting time: |
09.00 - 12.10 |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Jocelyn Davies AM (Chair) Peter Black AM Christine Chapman AM Mike Hedges AM Julie Morgan AM Nick Ramsay AM |
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Witnesses: |
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Isobel Garner, Wales Audit Office Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales, Wales Audit Office Steve O’Donoghue, Wales Audit Office Kevin Thomas, Wales Audit Office Nick Bennett, Public Services Ombudsman for Wales David Meadon, Public Services Ombudsman for Wales' office Susan Hudson, Public Services Ombudsman for Wales' office |
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Committee Staff: |
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Bethan Davies (Clerk) Meriel Singleton (Second Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Tanwen Summers (Deputy Clerk) Martin Jennings (Researcher) Richard Bettley (Researcher) Joanest Varney-Jackson (Legal Adviser) |
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1 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2015-16: Consideration of draft report
1.1 The Committee made amendments to the draft report and agreed a final version to be published on 11 November 2014.
Transcript
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2 Introductions, apologies and substitutions
2.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to Committee and noted that apologies had been received by Alun Ffred Jones and Ann Jones.
3 Papers to note
3.1 The papers were noted.
4 Wales Audit Office: Scrutiny of Auditor General for Wales' Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14
4.1 The Committee handled items 4-7 together.
4.2 Members scrutinised Isobel Garner, Chair; Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales; Steven O’Donoghue, Director of Finance and Kevin Thomas, Director of Corporate Services on the Auditor General for Wales’ Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14.
5 Wales Audit Office: Estimate of income and expenses 2015-16
6 Wales Audit Office: External Audit Report on the Accounts 2013-14
7 Wales Audit Office: Interim Report 2014-15
8 Public Service Ombudsman for Wales: Scrutiny of estimate for 2015-16
8.1 Members scrutinised Nick Bennett, Public Service Ombudsman for Wales; David Meaden, Financial Accountant and Susan Hudson, Policy and Communications Manager on the Public Service Ombudsman for Wales’ estimate for 2015-16.
9 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:
9.1 The motion was agreed.
10 Wales Audit Office: Consideration of evidence received
10.1 The Committee considered the evidence and noted that a draft report will be prepared for consideration at the Committee meeting scheduled for 12 November 2014.
11 Public Service Ombudsman for Wales: Consideration of evidence received
11.1 The Committee considered the evidence and noted that a draft report will be prepared for consideration at the Committee meeting scheduled for 12 November 2014.