Meeting Venue:
Committee Room 5, Tŷ
Hywel
Meeting date: Wednesday, 21 February
2024
Meeting time: 09.19 - 11.55
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13717
Attendance
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Category
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Names
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Members of the Senedd:
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Mark Isherwood MS (Chair)
Natasha Asghar MS
Mike Hedges MS
Rhianon Passmore MS
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Witnesses:
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Sioned Evans, Welsh Government
Owain Lloyd,
Welsh Government
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Audit Wales:
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Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales
Matthew Mortlock
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Committee Staff:
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Fay Bowen (Clerk)
Owain Davies (Second Clerk)
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<AI1>
1
Introductions, apologies, substitutions
and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting
of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee.
</AI1>
<AI2>
2
Papers to note
2 The papers were noted.
2.1 The Committee agreed to write back to the
Welsh Government in order to seek a substantive response to its
initial letter of 14 December 2023.
2.2 Adam Price MS declared the following
relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24A:
He is a Senedd Commissioner.
2.3 The Committee agreed to write back to the
Welsh Government seeking clarification on some of the issues raised
in their response.</AI2>
<AI3>
2.1
Letter from the Welsh Government's Chief
Operating Officer's Group on Public Appointments
</AI3>
<AI4>
2.2
Senedd Commission response to the Public
Accounts and Public Administration Committee report on the Scrutiny
of Accounts 2022-23
</AI4>
<AI5>
2.3
Letter from the Director General of the
Economy, Treasury and Constitution Group of the Welsh Government on
Gilestone Farm and the Osprey Conservation Plan
</AI5>
<AI6>
2.4
Letter from the Director General of the
Economy, Treasury and Constitution Group of the Welsh Government on
Amgueddfa Cymru
</AI6>
<AI7>
2.5
Letter from the Welsh Government's
Minister for Health and Social Services on the Oversight and
Escalation Framework
</AI7>
<AI8>
2.6
Welsh Government response to the Public
Accounts and Public Administration Committee's report on the Welsh
Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22
</AI8>
<AI9>
3
Evidence Session with the Welsh
Government - Covering Teachers' Absence
3.1 The
Members questioned the witnesses as part of the Committee’s
inquiry into Covering Teachers’ Absence.
</AI9>
<AI10>
4
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to
resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting
and Item 1 of the Committee's meeting on Thursday 7 March
2024
4.1 The motion was agreed.
</AI10>
<AI11>
(Break)
</AI11>
<AI12>
5
Consideration of the evidence received -
Covering Teachers' Absence
5.1 The
Committee considered the evidence received and agreed to write to
Estyn to seek their views in relation to the Committee’s
inquiry on Covering Teachers’ Absence.
</AI12>
<AI13>
6
Consideration of the Welsh Governments
response to the Public Accounts and Public Administration
Committee's report on the Welsh Government’s Annual Report
and Accounts 2021-22 - Next Steps
6.1 The Committee further considered the
response to the report and agreed to write back to the Welsh
Government to seek further information.
</AI13>
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