7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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Okay. Adam Price, I believe you have some questions.
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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Mike Hedges.
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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Okay, thank you. I'm going to bring Natasha Asghar in.
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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Okay, and you also referred a few moments ago to the public bodies unit. What, if any, contact did you have with them during your application and appointments process, before you became aware of them further on?
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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Thank you very much. You referred to reasonable adjustments and that they made assumptions, but did they come and ask you at the beginning of the process and agree with you what reasonable adjustments should be? Or, as you described it, did it rely on you to…
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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Of course.
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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Okay, thank you. What, if any, particular sources of information or organisations help you better understand the application process and the role you're applying for? And what if any specific barriers did you encounter in acquiring better understanding of…
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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Thank you very much indeed. Well, as you might expect, we have a number of questions for you, so I, as always, ask Members and yourself as the witness to be as succinct as possible to enable us to cover the wide range of issues this topic has generated. I'll…
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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Croeso—welcome back to the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee. Welcome to our witness for this evidence session on public appointments. Could I start by asking our witness to state his name and role for the record?
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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And if that response is unambiguous, are Members content for the committee then to draft a letter for sending on the basis of that lack of ambiguity? But if it's ambiguous in any way then, as stated, we'll consider what further action we need to take…
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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Yes, we can incorporate that into the clarification we're seeking from lawyers. Any idea of timeline for a response from them?
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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But the comment is noted and we will pursue it, especially—. And, obviously, the response will be shared with Members, and, if Members have concerns about that response, then we will decide what further action is necessary for us to take.
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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Well, if it is equivocated, then I think that might be necessary, but—. Is it something you want to discuss in private?
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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We'll see what the advice is.
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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We shall see. I suppose whether that course of action will be necessary will be determined by the degree of watertightness of the response you get from Senedd lawyers. But, if needs be, is that an avenue you feel we could pursue?
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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Yes. Well, of course, this has happened with a previous report also. We have, or we believe we have, legal powers to use as a last resort, subject to Senedd lawyers, in this case, confirming how best to apply that. But we hope it won't become necessary to…
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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Are you happy to pursue? Adam? Yes. Okay. Thank you. No other points there? Great. We've also received a letter from the Welsh Government's director of propriety and ethics to the Chair—myself—regarding the Ernst & Young report on Betsi Cadwaladr University…
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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So, you wish us to pursue that.
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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I know the UK Government's getting flak at the moment, because, having identified a higher figure, they've only so far recovered a tiny fraction of it, but at least it's in the public realm about how much this is estimated to be.
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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As I recall from our original report, there was reference to the UK Government having produced figures, but only one local authority in Wales having carried out the requisite work to identify a figure for them. It was £570,000, I think, which was indicative…
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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Thank you. Mike, any comments?
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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We have papers to note. We have a letter from the Welsh Government's Permanent Secretary to me as Chair regarding our report on the scrutiny of Welsh Government accounts 2020-21. This is in response to the recommendations in our report laid on 27 March. The…
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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Thank you. No other declarations that aren't otherwise on the public record? Thank you very much.
7 Mehefin 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau a dirprwyon
Bore da a chroeso. Good morning and welcome to this morning's meeting of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee in the Senedd. Apologies for absence have been received from Rhianon Passmore MS. We're pleased to welcome Adam Price MS, who is…
7 Mehefin 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: Arferion cyfrifyddu ym Mwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
Mae'r Gweinidog yn cyfeirio at nifer y sefydliadau yn Lloegr sy'n destun mesurau arbennig ond nid yw'n nodi nad yw'r sefydliadau hyn wedi'u huwchgyfeirio am gyfnod hir, am fod GIG Lloegr yn dod â thîm arbenigol allanol i mewn i ddatrys yr anawsterau. Wrth…
