Concise Minutes - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee


Meeting Venue:

Video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 25 April 2024

Meeting time: 09.17 - 12.00
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13877


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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Mark Isherwood MS (Chair)

Natasha Asghar MS

Mike Hedges MS

Rhianon Passmore MS

Adam Price MS

Audit Wales:

Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales

Matthew Mortlock

Mark Jeffs

Ann-Marie Harkin

Committee Staff:

Fay Bowen (Clerk)

Owain Davies (Second Clerk)

Lucien Wise (Deputy Clerk)

Joanne McCarthy (Researcher)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee.

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2       Papers to note

2.1 The Papers were noted.

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2.1   Letter from Estyn to the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee on the Covering Teachers’ Absence inquiry

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2.2   Letter from the Director General for Economy, Energy and Transport on the post-completion monitoring of the Economic Resilience Fund

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2.3   Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care on the independent reviews of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

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2.4   Letter from the Permanent Secretary on the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23

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2.5   Letter from the Director General for Economy, Treasury and Constitution on Gilestone Farm

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3       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

3.1         The motion was agreed.

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4       Papers to Note (Private)

4.1 The Papers were noted.

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4.1   Letter from Amgueddfa Cymru enclosing their legal advice, 28 March 2024

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4.2   Letter from Amgueddfa Cymru addressing comments made in a letter to the Committee from Darwin Gray - 1 March 2024

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4.3   Letter from the Auditor General for Wales to the Chief Executive of Amgueddfa Cymru - 13 March 2024

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5       Draft Report - Scrutiny of Accounts: Amgueddfa Cymru 2021-22

5.1 The Committee considered the draft report and agreed to a series of amendments. Members agreed to consider a draft report at a future meeting.

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6       Audit Wales Report - Supporting Ukrainians in Wales

6.1 The Committee considered the report and agreed to undertake a short inquiry on this issue before the Summer recess.

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7       Scoping Paper - Cabinet Manuals and Access Talks

7.1 The Committee considered the scoping paper and agreed to hold a session on this piece of work at its meeting on 23 May.

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8       Welsh Government response on the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23

8.1 The Committee considered the response and agreed to keep a watching brief on the issues raised, and to consider in the report the Committee will produce.

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