Agenda - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee Room 5 Ty Hywel and video conference

Meeting date: 6 November 2024

Meeting time: 09.15
For further information contact:

Fay Bowen

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddPAPA@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting (09.00 - 09.15)

 

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Public meeting (09.15 - 11.05)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09.15)                                                                                                             

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2       Papers to note

(09.15)                                                                                                             

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2.1   Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language to the Chair regarding Welsh Government's procurement of electric vehicles

                                                                                                     (Pages 1 - 2)

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2.2   Letter from Aberystwyth Town Council to Senedd Committees regarding the formula for the funding of local authorities in Wales

                                                                                                     (Pages 3 - 6)

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2.3   Letter from the Chair to Andrew Slade, Director General, Economy, Energy and Transport Group - Welsh Government with follow-up questions from the evidence session of 19 September 2024

                                                                                                     (Pages 7 - 8)

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2.4   Response from Andrew Slade, Director General, Economy, Energy and Transport Group - Welsh Government to the Chair with follow-up questions from the evidence session of 19 September 2024

                                                                                                   (Pages 9 - 12)

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2.5   Letter from the Chair to David Richards OBE, Director of Propriety and Ethics - Welsh Government regarding the Cabinet Manual and Ministerial Code

                                                                                                 (Pages 13 - 14)

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2.6   Response from David Richards OBE, Director of Propriety and Ethics - Welsh Government to the Chair regarding the Cabinet Manual and Ministerial Code

                                                                                                 (Pages 15 - 17)

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Break (09.30 - 09.35)

 

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3       Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials

(09.35 - 11.05)                                                                         (Pages 18 - 45)

Sioned Evans, Director General, Education, Culture & Welsh Language

Welsh Government
Ruth Meadows, Director of Tertiary Education – Welsh Government

Emma Williams, Director of Housing and Regeneration – Welsh Government

Amelia John, Director, Communities & Social Justice – Welsh Government

 

Research brief

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

(11.05)                                                                                                             

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5       Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: consideration of evidence

(11.05-11.20)                                                                                                  

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6       Scrutiny of Accounts: Senedd Commission 2022 - 23: consideration of draft report

(11.20 - 11.40)                                                                         (Pages 46 - 88)

Paper 1 – draft report

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7       Covering Teachers' Absence: consideration of draft report

(11.40 - 12.00)                                                                       (Pages 89 - 126)

Paper 2 – draft report

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8       National Fraud Initiative: consideration of Audit Wales' report

(12.00 - 12.20)                                                                     (Pages 127 - 153)

Paper 3 – Audit Wales report

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9       Response from David Richards OBE, Director of Propriety and Ethics - Welsh Government to the Chair regarding the Cabinet Manual and Ministerial Code: consideration of response

(12.20 - 12.30)                                                                                                

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