Concise Minutes - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5

Meeting date: Wednesday, 19 October 2022

Meeting time: 09.05 - 12.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13016

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Mark Isherwood MS (Chair)

Rhys ab Owen MS

Natasha Asghar MS

Mike Hedges MS

Rhianon Passmore MS

Witnesses:

Gawain Evans, Welsh Government

Dr Andrew Goodall, Welsh Government

Duncan Hamer, Welsh Government

Peter Kennedy, Welsh Government

Tim Moss, Welsh Government

Audit Wales:

Adrian Crompton (Auditor General for Wales)

Richard Harries

Committee Staff:

Fay Bowen (Clerk)

Owain Davies (Second Clerk)

Lisa Hatcher (Deputy Clerk)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting.

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2       Papers to note

2.1 The Papers were noted.

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2.1   Letter from the Welsh Government in response to the Committee's report on Care Home Commissioning

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2.2   Letters in relation to the Auditor General for Wales's examination of the setting of Welsh Government’s well-being objectives

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3       Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2020-21

4.1 The Members questioned Dr Andrew Goodall, Gawain Evans, Peter Kennedy, Tim Moss and Duncan Hamer from the Welsh Government as part of the Committee’s Scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Accounts.

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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.

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5       Scrutiny of Accounts: Consideration of the evidence received

5.1 The Members considered the evidence received.

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6       Auditor General Report - Welsh Government workforce planning and management

6.1 The Committee considered the Auditor General’s report.

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7       Scoping paper - Public Appointments

7.1 The Committee considered the scoping paper on Public Appointments.

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8       Town Centre Regeneration: Feedback on visits

8.1 The Committee listened to feedback on the previous week’s visits as part of the inquiry into Town Centre Regeneration.

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