Concise Minutes - Public Accounts Committee Meeting Venue: This meeting can be viewed Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel on Senedd TV at: Meeting date: Monday, 7 December 2020 http://senedd.tv/en/6465 Meeting time: 09.00 - 12.01 ------ Attendance Category Names Nick Ramsay MS (Chair) Gareth Bennett MS Angela Burns MS Assembly Members: Vikki Howells MS Delyth Jewell MS Rhianon Passmore MS Jenny Rathbone MS Shan Morgan, Welsh Government Gawain Evans, Welsh Government Witnesses: Natalie Pearson, Welsh Government Peter Kennedy, Welsh Government David Richards, Welsh Government Adrian Crompton Richard Harries Committee Staff: Matthew Mortlock Fay Bowen (Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Joanne McCarthy (Researcher) 1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest 1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting. 2 Scrutiny of Accounts 2019-20: Evidence session with the Welsh Government 2.1 The Members scrutinised the Permanent Secretary on the Welsh Governments’ Consolidated Accounts and Report 2019-20. 2.2 The Permanent Secretary agreed to send additional information on a number of issues. 3 Paper(s) to note 3.1 The papers were noted. 3a Auditor General for Wales Report: Covering teachers’ absence: Follow-up (12 November 2020) 3b Medicines Management: Letter from the Welsh Government (16 November 2020) 3c Auditor General for Wales Letter: Preparations for the end of Brexit transition (16 November 2020) 3d Auditor General for Wales Report: Code of Audit Practice (30 October 2020) 3e Auditor General for Wales Report: Providing Free School Meals During Lockdown (24 November 2020) 3f Auditor General for Wales Report: NHS Wales Finances Data Tool (27 November 2020) 3g Community Safety in Wales: Correspondence from the Welsh Government (November 2020) 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. 5 Scrutiny of Accounts 2019-20: Consideration of evidence received 5.1 Members considered the evidence received. .