Concise Minutes - Public Accounts Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Monday, 11 November 2019

Meeting time: 13.05 - 16.18
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5629

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Nick Ramsay AM (Chair) Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Gareth Bennett AM Vikki Howells AM Adam Price AM
Witnesses:	Shan Morgan, Welsh Government Peter Kennedy, Welsh Government David Richards, Welsh Government Jeff Farrar, Welsh Government Natalie Pearson, Welsh Government Ann Keane, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Adrian Crompton Mike Usher Matthew Mortlock Fay Bowen (Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Joanne McCarthy (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

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.

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2 Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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

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3 M4 Relief Road: Consideration of correspondence from the Welsh Government

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.

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4 Scrutiny of Accounts 2018-19: Welsh Government

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.

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

5.1 The motion was agreed.

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6 Scrutiny of Accounts 2018-19: Welsh Government

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.

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7 Scrutiny of Accounts 2018-19: Consideration of evidence received

7.1 Due to time constraints, this item was deferred.

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