Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Thursday, 7 November 2019

Meeting time: 09.01 - 11.14
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5776

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Llyr Gruffydd AM (Chair) Rhun ap Iorwerth AM Alun Davies AM Mike Hedges AM Rhianon Passmore AM Nick Ramsay AM Mark Reckless AM
Witnesses:	Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales, Wales Audit Office, Auditor General for Wales, Wales Audit Office Isobel Everett, Wales Audit Office Steve O'Donoghue, Wales Audit Office Kevin Thomas, Wales Audit Office
Committee Staff:	Bethan Davies (Clerk) Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk) Georgina Owen (Second Clerk) Samantha Williams (Deputy Clerk) Owen Holzinger (Researcher) Christian Tipples (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1     The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

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2 Paper(s) to note

2.1     The paper was noted.

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2.1 Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd to the Chair of the Finance Committee - Report on Outturn 2018-19

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3 Annual Scrutiny of the Wales Audit Office and the Auditor General for Wales: Evidence session

3.1     The Committee received evidence from Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales; Isobel Everett, Chair of the Wales Audit Office; Steve O’Donoghue, Director of Finance and HR, Wales Audit Office; and Kevin Thomas, Director of Corporate Resources, Wales Audit Office as part of its annual scrutiny of the Wales Audit Office and Auditor General for Wales.

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4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting, the whole of the next meeting on 13 November 2019 and the start of the meeting on 21 November 2019

4.1     The motion was approved.

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5 Annual Scrutiny of the Wales Audit Office and the Auditor General for Wales: Consideration of evidence

5.1     The Committee considered the evidence received and agreed to consult the Auditor General for Wales and the Chair of the Wales Audit Office, in accordance with Standing Order 20.22.

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6 Financial implications of the National Health Service (Indemnities) (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report

6.1     The Committee agreed the draft report.

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