, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you very much. So, we will be, hopefully, moving into private session in a second, but I take this opportunity to say 'diolch yn fawr iawn' for this session with you, and, obviously, there will be a transcript for you to be able to check that, and…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you very much for that. And, as this goes on, could you give us a flavour of how you're looking to manage this issue, and to look at what mitigations you're potentially doing of—? Because it will have an impact on some of the audit work that…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Okay, thank you. Thank you very much. And finally from me, last year, this committee received correspondence from the unions representing Audit Wales staff that suggested they were in dispute with you over the pay award for 2022-23. Your annual plan outlines…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you very much. Some items were adjusted as misstatements—one was at £194,000 and one was at £354,000. Materiality for the audit was set at £453,000. Are you concerned by those items at all?
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
There we are. From the RSM audit that you had as well, you had £225,000 of unadjusted misstatements relating to a methodology used to calculate the cost of completing open projects. Can you explain that issue, on why you didn't think you needed to make the…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Diolch, Rhianon. I'll come over to Mike.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Diolch, Kevin.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
—and then we'll write to you on other questions, and then I can bring Mike in so that Mike can ask his questions.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
I think they're fairly straightforward answers. Maybe, Rhianon, if you could move on to your last question, being question 12, if that's possible—
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Rhianon, forgive me for a second—I'm conscious of time, and we've got 10 minutes left of this session. I want to bring Mike in in a bit. There are a few questions that we've got that are fairly specific, and that sort of thing. Would we be able to write to…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Thank you, Peter. I'll go over to Rhianon. Can we unmute Rhianon, please? Thank you.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you very much. I'll pass over to Peter.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Thank you very much for that comprehensive view of your take on your first few months. That's helpful to put a bit of context into some of the things that we've read and some of the things that we'll discuss, going forward. So, thank you very much for that…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Yes. Brilliant. Excellent. Fantastic. Right. Great. So, we'll dive straight in. We've had the paperwork from you. Thank you very much for that. It made for some interesting reading. I'd like to start—. It's your first report as chair. Could you give us your…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Welcome. So, we'll—. Rhianon's here. Hello, Rhianon. Good. Can you hear us?
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you very much. Welcome to the meeting.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Diolch yn fawr.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Diolch yn fawr.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
So, our first substantive item this morning is item 3, which is scrutiny of the annual report and accounts for 2022-23, and the annual plan for 2024-25, with Audit Wales. I see that we have our witnesses with us: Adrian, Katherine, Kevin and Ann-Marie. Croeso…
, Finance Committee
Papers to note
Our second item this morning is papers to note. It's a letter that we actually saw last week; it's to note it for the record. Unless anybody wants to say anything about that, then we'll note that, if that's okay. I'm seeing nods.
, Finance Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Diolch, Mike. That's great. If we then move on to—. Just to say that everything is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and there will be a transcript available to check after this session.
, Finance Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
A warm welcome to this meeting this morning of the Finance Committee at the Senedd. We have a full agenda this morning, and I'm pleased to see that two of the other three members are here. We expect Rhianon Passmore to join us online shortly, so we will see…
, Plenary
Motion to agree the financial resolution in respect of the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
Thank you, Llywydd. I very much welcome the opportunity to participate in today’s debate on the financial resolution for this Bill, and I'd like to thank the Minister for his response to the committee. I expressed the Finance Committee’s views on the costs…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25—Pre-budget scrutiny
Diolch. We'll now go back into private, as we agreed earlier. Diolch yn fawr.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25—Pre-budget scrutiny
Thanks, Rhianon. Well, we've come to time. As always, thank you so much for your time this morning. It's always good to have you with us to go through your thought processes, to get that clarity on the things that you're grappling with and for us to…
