Concise Minutes - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4, Ty Hywel

Meeting date: Thursday, 14 September 2023

Meeting time: 09.15 - 12.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13489


Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Mark Isherwood MS (Chair)

Natasha Asghar MS

Mike Hedges MS

Rhianon Passmore MS

Witnesses:

Peter Ryland, WEFO

Hugh Morgan, Welsh Government

Audit Wales:

Adrian Crompton (Auditor General for Wales)

Mathew Mortlock

Committee Staff:

Fay Bowen (Clerk)

Owain Davies (Second Clerk)

Katie Wyatt (Legal Adviser)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1        The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting.

 

1.2        An oral declaration was made by Mike Hedges in relation to his position as Chair of the Welsh Programme Monitoring Committee.

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2       Papers to note

2.1     The papers were noted.</AI2>

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2.2   Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the First Minister - Ministerial appointments

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2.2   Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee to Auditor General and Chair of the Wales Audit Office Board: Notification of audit deadlines

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2.3   Letter from the Children's Commissioner for Wales to the Minister for Social Justice - PAPAC Report on Review of the Welsh Commissioners

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2.4   Letter from the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales to the PAPAC Chair

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2.5   Welsh Government Response to PAPAC Report on Review of the Welsh Commissioners

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2.6   Letter from Minister for Health and Social Services to the Chair of PAPAC and Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

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2.7   Response from Digital Health Care Wales to the report of the Health and Social Care and Public Accounts and Public Administration joint Committee on "Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales"

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2.8   Written Response by the Welsh Government to the report of the Health and Social Care and Public Accounts and Public Administration joint Committee on "Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales"

 

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2.9   Letter from Fiona Stewart -Managing Director of Green Man to Chair of PAPAC

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2.10 Letter from the Chief Executive of Cardiff Airport to the Chair of PAPAC

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2.11 Welsh Government organisational response to Auditor General - Report of the Auditor General for Wales: 'Cracks in the Foundations' - Building Safety in Wales

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2.12 Letter from the Permanent Secretary to the Chair of PAPAC - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee - Welsh Government Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21

 

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3       Maximising EU Funding - Evidence Session with Welsh Government

3.1     The Committee took evidence from Welsh Government officials as part of its inquiry into Maximising EU Funding.

 

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4       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the remainder of today's meeting

4.1     The motion was agreed.

 

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5       Consideration of the evidence received

5.1     The Committee considered the evidence received.

 

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6       Report of the Auditor General for Wales: 'Cracks in the Foundations' - Building Safety in Wales

6.1 The Committee considered the report from Audit Wales.

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