Clause 3 - Studies for improving economy etc in services
Public Audit (Wales) Bill [Lords]
9:45 am
Mr Bill Wiggin (Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, Local and Devolved Government Affairs; Leominster, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 7, in clause 3, page 4, leave out lines 25 and 26.
Subsection (3) prevents the Auditor General from questioning the merits of the policy objectives of a body as he studies value for money. If in the course of his studies, the Auditor General discovers a body's objectives to be causing inefficiency and ineffectiveness, he should report and question its policy. However, subsection (3) discourages him from making such comments. The amendment would ensure that he is not constrained in his work by policy considerations.