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Transcript: Transcript for 11/11/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(13.00)

1.

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Minutes:

1.1        The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2        Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore AM and Jenny Rathbone AM.

1.3        The Chair made a statement in relation to recent events at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

(13.00)

2.

Paper(s) to note

Minutes:

2.1 The papers were noted.

2.1

Welsh Government Financial Support for Business: Letter from the Welsh Government (31 October 2019)

Supporting documents:

(13.00 - 13.30)

3.

M4 Relief Road: Consideration of correspondence from the Welsh Government

PAC(5)-28-19 Paper 1 – Letter from the Welsh Government (8 October 2019)

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee considered correspondence from the Welsh Government on the M4 Relief Road and agreed that the Chair will wrote to the Chair of the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee with the Committee’s views to help facilitate any future work that Committee plans to undertake following the Burns Review.

(13.30 - 15.00)

4.

Scrutiny of Accounts 2018-19: Welsh Government

Research Briefing

PAC(5)-28-19 Paper 2 – Welsh Government Consolidated Accounts 2018-19

PAC(5)-28-19 Paper 3 – Letter from the Permanent Secretary on Loans and Investments

PAC(5)-28-19 Paper 4 – Letter from the Permanent Secretary on Non-Executive Directors

PAC(5)-28-19 Paper 5 – Letter from the Permanent Secretary on the Gypsy and Traveller Capital

PAC(5)-28-19 Paper 6 – Letter from the Auditor General for Wales on New Zealand Budgetary Practices

 

Shan Morgan - Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government

Peter Kennedy - HR Director, Welsh Government

David Richards - Director of Governance and Ethics, Welsh Government

Natalie Pearson – Head of Organisational Development and Engagement, Welsh Government

 

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee undertook the third scrutiny session with the Permanent Secretary on the Welsh Government’s Consolidated Accounts 2018-19.

4.2 The Permanent Secretary agreed to send a progress report at the end of the year on the Welsh Government’s working group work for the facilitation and promotion of the Welsh language.

 

(15.00)

5.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

Items 6 & 7 and Item 1 of the meeting on 18 November 2019

Minutes:

5.1 The motion was agreed.

(15.00 - 15.45)

6.

Scrutiny of Accounts 2018-19: Welsh Government

David Richards - Director of Governance and Ethics, Welsh Government

Jeff Farrar – Non-Executive Director

Ann Keane – Non-Executive Director

 

Minutes:

4.1 As part of the Committee’s scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Consolidated Accounts 2018-19, Members discussed the role of Non-Executive Directors with Ann Keane and Jeff Farrar.

 

(15.45 - 16.00)

7.

Scrutiny of Accounts 2018-19: Consideration of evidence received

Minutes:

7.1 Due to time constraints, this item was deferred.