Concise Minutes - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

Meeting Venue:

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

Meeting date: Wednesday, 19 February 2025

Meeting time: 09.16 - 12.21
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/14841

Hybrid

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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

Witnesses:

Dr Andrew Goodall, Welsh Government

Dominic Houlihan, Welsh Government

Dean Medcraft, Welsh Government

Tim Moss, Welsh Government

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.

1.2        Mike Hedges MS declared that he represents the Welsh Government on the Wales programme monitoring committee and is the Chair.

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2       Paper(s) to note

2. The papers were noted.

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2.1   Letter from Tim Moss, Director General and Chief Operating Officer - Welsh Government to the Chair regarding Welsh Public Sector Board and Audit Committee meetings

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2.2   Covering Teachers' Absence: Welsh Government response to the Committee's report

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2.3   Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2022-23: Welsh Government response to the Committee's report

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3       Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2023 - 24: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government

3.1 The Committee received evidence from Dr Andrew Goodall and senior supporting officials.

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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       Scrutiny of Accounts: Welsh Government 2023 - 24: consideration of evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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6       Forward work programme

6.1 The Committee considered the forward work programme.

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7       Public Appointments: consideration of draft reports

7.1 The Committee considered the reports.

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8       Audit Wales report: Cancer services in Wales

8.1 The Committee considered the report.

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