------------------------ Public Document Pack ------------------------ Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee Meeting Venue: Committee Room 2 - Senedd Meeting date: Thursday, 1 May 2014 Meeting time: 09.00 For further information please contact: Sarah Beasley Committee Clerk 029 2089 8032
[email protected] Agenda The Committee agreed on 2 April 2014, a motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting 1 Inquiry into Public Libraries in Wales - Consideration of Key Issues (09.00-09.30) 2 Housing (Wales) Bill: Paper for consideration on Stage 2 (09:30-09:45) (Pages 1 - 5) 3 Consideration of the letter from the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee: Meeting the financial challenges facing Local Government in Wales (09:45:09:55) (Page 6) Break (09.55-10.00) 4 Professional Development Programme - Financial Scrutiny (10.00- 12.00) (Pages 7 - 19) 5 Papers to note (Pages 20 - 56) By virtue of paragraph(s) ix of Standing Order 17.42 Agenda Item 2 Document is Restricted Pack Page 1 Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee CELG(4)-13-14 Paper 3 Agenda Item 3 Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus Public Accounts Committee Christine Chapman AM Chair Communities, Equalities and Local Government Committee 08 April 2014 Dear Christine, Meeting the financial challenges facing Local Government in Wales Thank you for your letter dated 25 March 2014 outlining the work the Communities, Equalities and Local Government (CELG) Committee intends to undertake in relation to the issues raised in the recent Wales Audit Office report, ‘Meeting the financial challenges facing Local Government in Wales’.