Concise Minutes - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5, Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Wednesday, 12 June 2024

Meeting time: 09.18 - 12.33
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13953


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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Mark Isherwood MS (Chair)

Natasha Asghar MS

Mike Hedges MS

Rhianon Passmore MS

Adam Price MS

Witnesses:

Tim Moss, Welsh Government

Andrew Jeffreys, Welsh Government

Ed Sherriff, Welsh Government

Leon Wong, Welsh Government

Audit Wales:

Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales

Matthew Mortlock

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.

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2       Papers to note

2. The papers were noted.

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2.1   Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice - Progress update on the Welsh Government's Well-being of Future Generations Continuous Learning and Improvement Plan 2023-25

2.1 The Committee agreed that in would write to the Future Generations Commissioner to seek their views on the update of the plan.

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2.2   Letter from the Auditor General for Wales to the Chair of the Finance Committee - Notification of audit deadline position

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2.3   Letter from the Auditor General for Wales to the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer on the Community Pharmacy Data Matching Pilot

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2.4   Letter from the Director General Health, Social Care & Early Years Group / NHS Wales Chief Executive - Follow up to evidence session on NHS Finances and Governance

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2.5   Welsh Government Response to the Audit Wales Report: Governance of National Park Authorities

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2.6   Letter from the Director of Propriety and Ethics - Follow up to the session on the Cabinet Manual and Access Talks

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3       Evidence Session - Local Partnerships LLP

3.1 The Members questioned the witnesses as part of the evidence session on Local Partnerships LLP.

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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       Consideration of evidence - Local Partnerships LLP

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received and agreed to write to the Government to seek further information on points raised during the evidence session, before deciding on any further next steps on this issue.

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6       Papers to note (Private)

6. The papers were noted.

 

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6.1   Letter from the Business Committee on Committee Remits

6.1. The Committee had no further comments to raise in relation to the Committee’s remit.

 

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6.2   Letter from the Director of Propriety and Ethics - Cabinet Handbook

6.2. The Committee agreed that it would seek further evidence from the Welsh Government around this issue before the Summer recess.

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7       Discussion of the letter from the Auditor General for Wales to the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer on the Community Pharmacy Data Matching Pilot

7.1 The Committee agreed that it would write to the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer to seek a response to the points raised. 

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8       Discussion of the Welsh Government Response to the Audit Wales Report: Governance of National Park Authorities

8.1 The Committee noted the response and agreed to monitor any developments on this issue.

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