Clause 42 - Studies on impact of statutory provisions etc
Public Audit (Wales) Bill [Lords]
2:45 pm
Mr Bill Wiggin (Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, Local and Devolved Government Affairs; Leominster, Conservative)
I am grateful to the Minister for that reply. As I suspected, the Audit Commission does not have to be accountable to the Auditor General. That is a shame. It would have been one of the advantages Wales might have enjoyed. Like the Minister, I am quite calm about relying on the good nature of the Audit Commission to provide the Auditor General for Wales with the information that he may need. We do not need to press this further. This is a missed opportunity but there is time before the Bill becomes law for the Government to reconsider the matter. I suspect that they will remain satisfied with the good nature of the Audit Commission.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 42 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 43 ordered to stand part of the Bill.