29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
Precisely. Thank you.
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
Which is again quite an exceptional circumstance, is it not?
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
It goes back to the earlier discussion about legal advice, right. I think the committee may have a view on that. Could I also just ask, given that—and reference was made to this—the contractual notice period was 12 months, can you tell us why payments will…
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
Thank you. I think the point there is that if you receive legal advice, presumably that advice is related to what the law states in this respect, which Mr Hedges is referring to. Presumably you have that advice and would know whether it complied with the…
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
You've no further questions. Okay. In that case, could I bring Mike Hedges in on the questions that you seek to raise?
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
Yes, we will consult with them afterwards and establish their position on this too.
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
Thank you. Adam Price.
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
I'll bring Natasha Asghar in. I'll just warn the other speakers: because of time pressures, I hope you don't mind but I'm going to jump to question 5 with Adam after this, and then come back to you, Mike.
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
We'll seek further clarification, because our understanding was—
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
Could I just ask very briefly before you conclude—? We've received advice that settlements closing off liability are the norm and not to have a clause closing off liability is exceptional. We would not have expected to see this, so we think—
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
If you're ready to.
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
I just need to say that the clock's running against us, so could you please be as succinct as possible?
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
One would expect that it probably will. It's the nature of existence; it'll happen sometime, it's whether, as we've indicated, the processes are there with, hopefully, some element of timescale, albeit that that can trigger extensions for the reasons you…
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
If I can just bring in a supplementary myself here and then come back to you, if I may, because public bodies, rather than arm's-length bodies, as you know, must have their own complaints processes. And when complaints are brought against those public bodies…
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
Okay, yes. Thank you very much indeed. Can I bring in Rhianon Passmore?
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
Okay, thank you. Natasha Asghar.
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
Are you obliged to give due consideration to Cabinet Office guidance, or can you opt to follow your own guidance, or, as you indicate, adapt one to suit the other?
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
We'd be grateful if you could let us know. Obviously, if you buy a new car, you expect to get a manual, even it it's online these days. So, having a guidebook to work to is always conducive to simplifying processes and ensuring people are focused on doing…
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
Thank you. But you can't say when, for the reasons you've already described. Has the Welsh Government finalised its guidance for tailored reviews? If so, when did it do so, and is that guidance publicly available?
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
Is it also your understanding that the others, when they are concluded, would also by published?
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
Those are, obviously, the processes. But, anyhow, I'll move on. You've referred to the theme-based reviews. Do you plan to publish those reviews and, if so, when do you expect that to happen?
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
Is it likely to be next year or before the end of this Senedd term, as Rhianon Passmore referred to? Or could it be in the next Senedd term? Any indicative timescale?
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
My understanding is that the delivery of the tailored review programme would be an event, but you're describing processes and, clearly, good corporate governance requires those processes to be systemic, to be inbuilt into any organisational structure or…
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
I'll just bring in Rhianon Passmore.
29 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru: Amgueddfa Cymru
Can you share any thoughts on when you would expect the programme to be delivered, and what the implications for the Welsh Government might be of not completing the programme this year?
