Concise Minutes - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee


Meeting Venue:

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

Meeting date: Wednesday, 14 May 2025

Meeting time: 09.15 - 11.02
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15111


Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Mark Isherwood MS (Chair)

Mike Hedges MS

Rhianon Passmore MS

Adam Price MS

Committee Staff:

Fay Bowen (Clerk)

Owain Davies (Second Clerk)

Lowri Jones (Deputy Clerk)

Adrian Crompton (Auditor General for Wales)

Matthew Mortlock (Audit Wales)

Sian Davies (Audit Wales)

Stephen Lisle (Audit Wales)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to meeting.

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2       Paper(s) to note

2. The Committte noted the papers.

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2.1   Audit Wales' report on The Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystems Duty: consideration of Welsh Government response

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2.2   Response from Andrew Slade, Director General, Economy, Energy and Transport - Welsh Government to the Chair regarding an update on Gilestone Farm

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2.3   Future Generations Commissioner Report 2025

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2.4   Audit Wales' report on the implementation of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act

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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       Private paper to note

4.1 The private paper was noted.

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4.1   Audit Wales' report on the implementation of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act

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5       Active Travel in Wales: update from the Committee's visit to Slovenia

5.1 The Committee received an update from the Chair and clerk on the visit to Slovenia.

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6       Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2023 - 24: consideration of draft report

6.1 The Committee considered the draft report and will consider a revised draft at a future Committee meeting.

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7       Gilestone Farm: consideration of draft report

7.1 The Committee considered the draft report and will consider a revised draft at a future Committee meeting.

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