Concise Minutes - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2, Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Meeting time: 09.18 - 12.29
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13748


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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:

Dr Andrew Goodall, Welsh Government

Tim Moss, Welsh Government

Gawain Evans, Welsh Government

Dominic Houlihan, Welsh Government

Audit Wales:

Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales

Richard Harries

Committee Staff:

Fay Bowen (Clerk)

Owain Davies (Second Clerk)

Joanne McCarthy (Researcher)

 

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This meeting will be broadcast live on www.senedd.tv

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(Private pre-meeting)

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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.

1.2        Apologies were received from Rhiannon Passmore MS.

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2       Papers to note

2.1 The Papers were noted.

 

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2.1   Letter from the Director General of the Climate Change and Rural Affairs Group in response to the Committee's report on Town Centre Regeneration

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2.2   Letter from the Chief Executive and Chair of Digital Health and Care Wales: an update following the Committee's joint scrutiny of DHCW's report with the Health and Social Care Committee

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2.3   Letter from the Welsh Government following the Committee's evidence session on Covering Teachers' Absence

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2.4   Letter from the Welsh Government: response to PAPAC's letter dated 26 February 2024 regarding public appointments data collection and specifically data on Welsh language ability and addresses of applicants and appointees

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3       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from Items 4, 7 and 8 of today's meeting

3.1        The motion was agreed.

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4       Paper to Note (PRIVATE): Letter from the Permanent Secretary on the partial retirement of the Director of Propriety and Ethics

4.1 The paper was noted.

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5       Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 1)

5.1 The Members questioned the witnesses as part of the Committee’s scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23.

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(Break)

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6       Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)

6.1 The Members questioned the witnesses as part of the Committee’s scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23.

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7       Consideration of evidence: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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8       Forward Work Programme

8.1 The Committee agreed the Forward Work Programme for the summer 2024 term.

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