Concise Minutes - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee


Meeting Venue:

Remote

Meeting date: Thursday, 13 March 2025

Meeting time: 09.17 – 11.00
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/14880


Remote

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Mark Isherwood MS (Chair)

Tom Giffard MS

Mike Hedges MS

Rhianon Passmore MS

Adam Price MS

Committee Staff:

Fay Bowen (Clerk)

Owain Davies (Second Clerk)

Lowri Jones (Deputy Clerk)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

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2       Paper(s) to note

2. The papers were noted.

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2.1   Letter from Wales Cancer Alliance to the Chair regarding the publication of Audit Wales report “NHS Wales’s strategic approach to improving timeliness of cancer diagnosis and treatment by Audit Wales"

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2.2   Response from the Chief Executive and Clerk of the Senedd to the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee report on the Scrutiny of Accounts 2023-24

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2.3   Follow-up letter from Tim Moss, Director General and Chief Operating Officer Welsh Government to the Chair regarding public appointments

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2.4   Letter from the Auditor General for Wales to the Chair regarding Sector Development Wales Partnership

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2.5   Letter from Chair, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations to the Chair regarding a newsletter from Will Hayward

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2.6   Letter from the Auditor General for Wales to the Chair of the Finance Committee

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

3.1 The motion was agreed.

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4       Legislative Consent: Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: legal briefing

4.1 The Committee received a legal briefing on the LCM.

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5       Legislative Consent: Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: consideration of legal briefing

5.1 The Committee considered the legal briefing received.

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6       Private paper(s) to note

6. The private papers were noted.

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6.1   Response from the Chief Executive and Clerk of the Senedd to the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee report on the Scrutiny of Accounts 2023-24

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6.2   Work Programme Update

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7       Consideration of Audit Wales' report: Financial sustainability of local government

7.1 The Committee considered the report.

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8       Consideration of Audit Wales' report: The Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystems Duty

8.1 The Committee considered the report.

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