Agenda and minutes

1.1       The Chair welcomed the Members to the first meeting of the Public Accounts Committee of the Fifth Assembly.

1.2       Apologies were received from Mike Hedges AM and Rhun ap Iorwerth AM. There were no substitutions.

1.3       The Committee officials supporting the Committee introduced themselves to Members.

1.4       Huw Vaughan Thomas, the Auditor General for Wales, introduced himself to the Members.

Item 3

2.1 The motion was agreed.

PAC(5)-01-16 paper 1 – Paper on the Committee’s role and responsibilities

PAC(5)-01-16 paper 2 – Fourth Assembly Committee’s Legacy Report

PAC(5)-01-16 paper 3 – Memorandum from the Auditor General for Wales

PAC(5)-01-16 paper 4 – Auditor General for Wales - Annual Plan  2015-16

3.1 The Chair introduced Papers 1 and 2 to Committee. Members considered the papers and agreed to scrutinise the annual accounts of a number of tax-payer funded organisations in the autumn term.

3.2 The Auditor General for Wales explained his role and liaison responsibilities with the Committee and introduced Papers 3 and 4.

3.3 The Committee noted its responsibilities and following a discussion, Member’s agreed the initial work programme and suggested a number of possible areas for a Committee led inquiry.

3.4 Following a suggestion, the Chair agreed to write to the Chair of the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee requesting that that Committee consider the BBC’s annual accounts when it looks at the organisation’s annual report.