Concise Minutes - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5, Ty Hywel

Meeting date: Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Meeting time: 09.18 - 11.28
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13686

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Mark Isherwood MS (Chair)

Natasha Asghar MS

Mike Hedges MS

Adam Price MS

 

Witnesses:

Peter Keates, Local Authority Building Control

Peter Richards, Welsh Chair and Building Control Manager of Swansea Council

Audit Wales

Adrian Crompton – Auditor General for Wales

Charles Rigby

Committee Staff:

Fay Bowen (Clerk)

Owain Davies (Second Clerk)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1        The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee.

1.2        Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore MS.

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2       Papers to note

2.1 The Committee agreed to write to Digital Health and Care Wales for further clarification following their response to the recommendations of the joint report ‘Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales’ by the Senedd’s Health and Social Care Committee and Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee.

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2.1   Letter from Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)

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3       Evidence Session - Building Safety in Wales

3.1 The Committee received evidence from Peter Keates, Chief Executive - Local Authority Building Control (LABC) and Peter Richards, Building Control, Bereavement and Registration Services Manager – Swansea Council, as part of its inquiry into building safety in Wales.

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4       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5       Building Safety in Wales - Consideration of the evidence received

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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