Concise Minutes - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee Room 5 Ty Hywel and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 17 October 2024

Meeting time: Times Not Specified
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/14146


Hybrid

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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:

Dominic Houlihan, Welsh Government

Tim Moss, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

Fay Bowen (Clerk)

Owain Davies (Second Clerk)

Lowri Jones (Deputy Clerk)

Joanne McCarthy (Researcher)

Nia Moss (Researcher)

 

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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.

There were no apologies, substitutions or declarations of interest

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2       Papers to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1   Letter from the Permanent Secretary to the Chair regarding the timeline for updating Managing Welsh Public Money

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2.2   Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning to the Chair of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee regarding Cardiff Airport

2.2 The Committee agreed to follow up regarding Cardiff Airport in its evidence session on 22 January.

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2.3   Response from Amgueddfa Cymru to the Committee's report regarding the scrutiny of its accounts for 2021-22

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2.4   Response from Sioned Evans, Director General, Education, Culture and Welsh Language Group, Welsh Government to Audit Wales regarding its report on the Governance of Fire and Rescue Authorities

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2.5   Welsh Government response to the Committee's report regarding Building Safety in Wales

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3       Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government

3.1 The Members questioned the witnesses as part of the evidence session on Public Appointments.

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4       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5       Public Appointments: consideration of evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received and agreed to write to the First Minister regarding their upcoming report.

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6       Forward work programme

6.1 The committee considered its forward work programme for the Autumn and Spring term.

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7       Audit Wales: Active Travel

7.1 The Committee noted the report and agreed to related work from the Committee.

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8       Scrutiny of Accounts: Amgueddfa Cymru 2021 - 22: consideration of evidence

8.1 The Committee considered the responses it has received to its report Scrutiny of Accounts: Amgueddfa Cymru 2021 – 22.

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