Concise Minutes - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5, Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Thursday, 23 May 2024

Meeting time: 09.18 - 11.29
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13914


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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Mark Isherwood MS (Chair)

Mike Hedges MS

Adam Price MS

Peter Fox MS

Witnesses:

David Richards, Welsh Government

Dr Rachel Garside-Jones, Welsh Government

Matthew Hall, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

Fay Bowen (Clerk)

Owain Davies (Second Clerk)

Lucien Wise (Deputy Clerk)

 

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1       Introduction, 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 Natasha Asghar MS and Rhianon Passmore MS.

 

1.3 Peter Fox MS attended the meeting as substitute for Natasha Asghar MS.

 

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2       Papers to Note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1   The Future Generations Commissioner and Welsh Government responses to the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee report on the Scrutiny of The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales's Accounts 2022-23

 

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3       Session on the Cabinet Manual and Access Talks

3.1     Members received a briefing and questioned Welsh Government officials on the Cabinet Manual and access talks.

 

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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       The Cabinet Manual and Access Talks - Consideration of session

5.1 The Committee considered the briefing they had received and agreed to await the further information officials had agreed to provide during the session, before deciding what further action it would like to take on this issue.

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