16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
What about the other four months, because the auditor general’s public interest report referred to 22 months?
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
Natasha, I have a couple of questions and then I’ll come back to you, if I may. Going back to the salary, how does the salary paid you referred to deliver value for money for the public purse, given that the Auditor General for Wales states in his public…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
Thank you. I'll bring Natasha Asghar in.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
Thank you. We'd be grateful. If I can bring Rhianon Passmore back in.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
Thank you. Adam Price.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
No, I think the question is more whether processes could or would now ensure that corporate governance arrangements, and the systems you have in place for grievance and discipline, would enable that to be dealt with in accordance with HR law—human resources…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
And I'm sure—. Although, clearly, you were not in office at the time, so you're not accountable in any way for this, but 18 months is a long time. Hopefully, it wouldn't, but if the same situation arose in the future, could we expect that to be processed more…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
Okay. The auditor general notes that the former director general submitted a complaint to the Welsh Government in June 2021, but this and matters raised subsequently were not resolved until December 2022. What is your understanding of why the disputes were…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
And would it be right to assume that corporate bodies normally would have had such a policy in place in the first place?
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
This states that the policies that were then in place were not adequate, which appears to be what you're indicating.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
I'll bring you back in, in a few moments. In his public interest report, the auditor general says that Amgueddfa Cymru did not have adequate policies in place to deal with concerns raised by its most senior officers and/or against non-executive board members…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
Can I come in here?
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
Thank you. In which case, can I bring in Rhianon Passmore, please?
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
Why wasn't there, as is common practice, a closed liability clause in the settlement?
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
Thank you. Before I bring in a colleague, in terms of settlements, they normally involve closed liability in order to reduce risk. I wonder if you could therefore clarify why you used the term 'unlimited financial liability' and whether you're able to tell…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
Thank you. As I say, we'll seek to focus on what's already in the public realm. But the financial report was laid before the Senedd in English, but is available on your website in English and Welsh. Why is that?
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
Thank you. Questions will come to the role played by the Charity Commission later. We are aware the settlement has been agreed, finalised and published, and is already in the public realm, so we would seek to focus our questions on information that is already…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
Again, thanks for attending the committee. As you will expect, we have a number of questions for you, and I'd be grateful if both Members and yourselves could be as succinct as possible to enable us to cover the range of issues generated by the topic. As…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar y cyfrifon: Amgueddfa Cymru
Croeso. Welcome to our witnesses. I'd be grateful if you could state your names and roles for the record.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papurau i'w nodi
Okay. Thank you. We've captured that. In that case, we're slightly ahead of time, so we can have a short break until 09:40 and go into private session in the meantime.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papurau i'w nodi
Yes.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papurau i'w nodi
Yes, that was the item 4, I think, the 2021-22 accounts.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papurau i'w nodi
Is that item to note 4?
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papurau i'w nodi
Thank you. Can I therefore invite Members to note the letter? Thank you very much indeed. We have another item, item 5, a letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government regarding the legislative consent memorandum on the Economic Activity of Public…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papurau i'w nodi
Thank you. In which case, can I invite Members just to note the report, noting in the meantime that the contents of the letter have been reflected in our draft report, which will be considered in private in our meeting later today? Thank you. Our next item is…
