Concise Minutes - Public Accounts Committee


Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Monday, 1 February 2021

Meeting time: 09.15 - 12.36
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/11055

 


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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Nick Ramsay MS (Chair)

Gareth Bennett MS

Vikki Howells MS

Delyth Jewell MS

Darren Millar MS

Jenny Rathbone MS

Llyr Gruffydd MS

Witnesses:

Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner

Marie Brousseau-Navarro, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

Jacob Ellis, Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

Heledd Morgan, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

Shan Morgan, Welsh Government

Simon Brindle, Welsh Government

Andrew Charles, Welsh Government

Reg Kilpatrick, Welsh Government

David Richards, Welsh Government

Audit Wales:

Adrian Crompton (Auditor General for Wales)

Tim Buckle

Committee Staff:

Tom Lewis-White (Second Clerk)

Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk)

Chloe Corbyn (Researcher)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1        The Chair welcomed the Members to the Committee and also Llyr Gruffydd MS, Chair of Finance Committee.

1.2        Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore MS.

1.3        The Chair welcomed Darren Millar MS to the Committee, following the election held in Plenary on 26 January 2021, and thanked Angela Burns MS for her work on the Committee.

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2       Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2a     Barriers to the successful Implementation of the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015: Submission from Wales Centre for Public policy (January 2021)

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2b     Barriers to the successful Implementation of the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015: Letter from the Auditor General for Wales (14 January 2021)

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3       Barriers to the successful Implementation of the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015: Evidence Session 9

3.1 The Committee took evidence from the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales as part of its inquiry into the Barriers to the successful Implementation of the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.

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4       Barriers to the successful Implementation of the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015: Evidence Session 10

4.1 The Committee took evidence from the Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Government as part of its inquiry into the Barriers to the successful Implementation of the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.

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5       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

5.1 The motion was agreed.

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6       Barriers to the successful Implementation of the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015: Consideration of evidence received

6.1 The Members considered the evidence received and suggested areas they wished to make recommendations in the draft report.

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