7. Statement by the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee on the outgoing Auditor General for Wales

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:01 pm on 18 July 2018.

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Photo of Nick Ramsay Nick Ramsay Conservative 5:01, 18 July 2018

When people ask me to give them a solid reason why we should have more Assembly Members, I often cite the fact that not only do I chair the Public Accounts Committee and have that role of looking back, but of course I sit with Simon Thomas on the Finance Committee with the job of looking financially forward. I'm trying to look both ways at once sometimes, which wouldn't happen in larger institutions. And of course I've spoken about public accounts, but it was the Finance Committee that had the valuable role of recruiting the new auditor general, and I sat with Simon Thomas on the interview panel—it seems a long time ago now—to make sure that—