Concise Minutes - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

Meeting Venue:

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

Meeting date: Wednesday, 12 November 2025

Meeting time: 09.20 - 11.19
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15440

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Mark Isherwood MS (Chair) Tom Giffard MS Mike Hedges MS Adam Price MS
Witnesses:	Dr Tracey Cooper, Public Health Wales Professor Fu-Meng Khaw, Public Health Wales Dr Christopher Williams, Public Health Wales
Committee Staff:	Fay Bowen (Clerk) Owain Davies (Clerk) Lowri Jones (Deputy Clerk) John Hitchcock (Researcher) Adrian Crompton (Auditor General for Wales) Catryn Holzinger (Audit Wales) Claire Butterworth (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1 The Committee welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore MS.

1.3 Tom Giffard MS noted that he was a former Co-Chair of the Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee.

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2 Paper to note

2. The paper was noted.

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2.1 Welsh Government Management Response Form to No Time to Lose: Lessons from our work under the Well-being of Future Generations Act

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3 Covid- 19: evidence session with Public Health Wales

3.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives of Public Health Wales.

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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 Covid-19: consideration of evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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6 LCM: Public Office (Accountability) Bill

6.1 The Committee received a briefing from colleagues in the Legal Service.

6.2 The Committee agreed to delay taking a decision on its approach to the LCM until the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee receives correspondence from the Welsh Government.

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