Public Accounts Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Tuesday, 2 December 2014

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09.03 - 10.45

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
 http://senedd.tv/en/2467

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Darren Millar AM (Chair)

William Graham AM

Mike Hedges AM

Alun Ffred Jones AM

Julie Morgan AM

Jenny Rathbone AM

Aled Roberts AM

Sandy Mewies AM

Huw Vaughan Thomas

Andy Phillips

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Andrew Slade, Welsh Government

Gareth Jones, Welsh Government

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Meriel Singleton (Second Clerk)

Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk)

 

 

 

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1   Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1        The chair welcomed the Members to the Committee.

 

1.2        There were no apologies.

 

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2   Papers to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

 

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3   Glastir

3.1 The Committee scrutinised the Welsh Government Sustainable Futures Director General, Gareth Jones and the Director of Agriculture, Food & Marine, Andrew Slade.

 

3.2 Gareth Jones agreed to provide the following to the Committee:

·         A note on the revised targets that Glastir is expected to achieve and how they will monitor the delivery against those, whether they are biodiversity targets or otherwise.

·         The average length of time an inspection takes.

·         The number of cross-compliance penalties and the total fines over the past few years.

·         A note on how many applications for land to be left unfarmed have been turned down.

·         An overview of the steps being taken to assist online applications.

 

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

4.1 The motion was agreed.

 

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5   Glastir: Consideration of evidence received

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received from the Welsh Government.

 

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6   Forward work programme

6.1 The members considered and noted the work programme for the spring term.

 

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7   Scrutiny of Commissioners’ Accounts 2013-14: Consideration of evidence received

7.1 The Members agreed to produce a short report on the Commissioners’ Accounts.

 

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