Concise Minutes - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5 – Ty Hywel

Meeting date: Wednesday, 7 June 2023

Meeting time: 09. - 12.15
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13385

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Mark Isherwood MS (Chair)

Adam Price MS

Natasha Asghar MS

Mike Hedges MS

Witnesses:

Damian Bridgeman

Audit Wales

Adrian Crompton (Auditor General for Wales)

Matthew Mortlock

Committee Staff:

Fay Bowen (Clerk)

Lisa Hatcher (Deputy Clerk)

Owain Davies (Second Clerk)

Joanne McCarthy (Researcher)

Božo Lugonja (Researcher)

Philip Lewis (Researcher)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1        The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting.

1.2        Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore MS and Mabon ap Gwynfor MS. Adam Price MS attended as a substitute for Mabon ap Gwynfor MS.

1.3        Mike Hedges MS declared an interest as he chairs the Programme Monitoring Committee.

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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 responding to recommendations from the Committee's report on Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Accounts 2020-21

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2.2   Letter from the Welsh Government on the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Ernst and Young report

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3       Public Appointments: Evidence session

3.1 The Committee questioned the witness as part of its inquiry into Public Appointments.

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4       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5       Public Appointments: Consideration of the evidence received

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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6       Private papers to note

6.1 The private papers were noted.

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6.1   Letter from the Welsh Government in response to the Committee's letter of 6 April on Cardiff Airport

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6.2   Letter from the Welsh Government in relation to an additional target for Cardiff Airport

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7       Draft Report - Scrutiny of Accounts Welsh Government: 2021-22

7.1 The Committee considered the draft report.

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8       Draft Report - Review of Commissioners

8.1 The Committee considered the draft report.

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9       Auditor General Report: Maximising EU Funding - the Structural Funds Programme and the Rural Development Programme

9.1 The Committee received a briefing from Audit Wales on its report Maximising EU Funding – the Structural Funds Programme and the Rural Development Programme.

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