, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
Thank you, Chair—
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
May I finally, Chair, just ask on this particular topic whether there is any other element of the Bill or the convention that you have identified? That is, any other issue or topic that would have an impact on human rights emanating from the Bill. Are there…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
In your legal assessment, have you identified any risks to successful challenge, for example, through somebody in the for-profit sector arguing that, instead of excluding the possibility of for-profit providers providing services, you set a maximum, for…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
I'm very grateful for that response. May I turn, therefore, to another section of the convention that is perhaps impacted by the provisions in the Bill, namely article 1 of the first protocol, which relates to the peaceful enjoyment of possessions? According…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
That's all right. I'll start again. I want to pursue a few questions related to the question of human rights and to what extent the Bill is consistent with the provisions in the European convention on human rights. You've just referred to the fact that, in…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
Thank you very much, Chair. I want to pursue this question of whether the Bill is consistent with the European convention on human rights.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Just on that, the reason I was asking the slightly nebulous question, 'Is there anything else like this?'—. Local Partnerships occupies a very unique space, because you struggled to define it earlier. It is outsourcing when it's actually partly owned by the…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Would you consider, building on Rhianon Passmore's point—? Would you see, maybe, some benefit in providing a note in future Welsh Government financial accounts, because of all the specifics in relation to this vehicle, summarising the use of Local…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Could you share those regulations or expectations, not just for the Welsh language, but anything else in terms of your expectations in terms of the company's operation in Wales? I think that's the last of my questions. Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Do Local Partnerships come under the duties—? When they do their work, do they come under Government duties in terms of Welsh language standards, for example? Are there any expectations for them to operate, in Wales at least, in accordance with the…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Are there any other examples of organisations like Local Partnerships, anything else like this, which we're not currently aware of? Is there another entity that provides significant pieces of work on behalf of the Welsh Government that we should be aware of…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Is it possible for you to share a complete list, beyond the evidence that we've had so far, of all the individual contracts that you've had? And also for you to explain what transparency there is around that—so, if, through the normal procurement procedures…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Just in terms of—
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
It references a famous legal case, Carltona Ltd, I think, v. Commissioners of Works. It essentially established the idea that the actions of officials are synonymous with the actions of Ministers. So, effectively, officials act as agents on behalf of…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
I don't know, are you familiar with the Carltona principle or the Carltona doctrine in relation to the civil service and officials? I don't know if you've come across that.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Do you accept that there's a trade-off, isn't there, in setting these projects on a consultative basis, externally, or for Local Partnerships? Because you don't have that internal expertise, you lose the opportunity, then, to develop those skills and…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Just in terms of understanding what's driving the use of Local Partnerships, is it down to the fact that there is a capacity problem with the civil service centrally, and that these needs cannot be met within the civil service? And is that capacity issue…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
And beyond those five, are there others that you're aware of that are based in Wales, effectively?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Are there any—? Are you aware that some of them are based in Wales?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
And how many of them are based in Wales?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Yes, okay. How many people who work for Local Partnerships work in Wales currently?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Right. And how many people are currently working out of that temporary office, if I could call it that?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Thank you. Does Local Partnerships have an office in Wales?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
If you can't provide an answer, that's fine, but just for us to be clear, in accordance with your understanding, is there an element still of profit in the prices that they give for Welsh Government projects, or do they just operate on a cost basis only?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
But the public sector, that is, the UK Government, yes? And also, yes, the 22 local authorities in Wales are part of the LGA, but that is spread across England and Wales, is it?
