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Scrutiny of Accounts - Senedd Commission 2025-26: evidence session
I’d like to formally welcome the Commissioner and officials from the Senedd Commission to today’s meeting. The purpose of today’s session is to hold a scrutiny session on the Senedd Commission annual report and accounts for 2025-26. Could I please ask you to…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Thank you for that, Shav.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good afternoon. I'd like to welcome Members to this meeting of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee. I'd also like to welcome the Auditor General for Wales, Catherine Mealing-Jones, and her official. to this meeting. The public items of the…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Contaminated land
Can I begin by thanking Niamh, with Elwyn's support, for bringing this important issue to the Chamber today? Some of what I'm going to say may repeat some things that Niamh and Elwyn have said, but that's because they are important and need to be said more…
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
Thank you, Cabinet Minister. I welcome the principle of extending childcare, but there does seem to be a rather large gap between announcing an entitlement and families actually benefiting from it. Powys County Council has itself estimated that the parents of…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
So, moving on to item 5, I propose in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(ix) that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. Are Members content? Thank you. We will now proceed in private.
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Audit Wales brief: Welsh Government arrangements for funding local government
Thank you very much. I'd like to thank the auditor general and her team for coming to give us these briefs today. We will be moving on and discussing those during our private session. As usual, there will be a copy of the transcript available to check for…
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Audit Wales brief: Welsh Government arrangements for funding local government
Yes, Shav.
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Audit Wales brief: Welsh Government arrangements for funding local government
Thank you. We'll move on to Anna Nicholl, please.
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Audit Wales brief: Welsh Government arrangements for funding local government
Thank you. Cai Parry-Jones.
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Audit Wales brief: Welsh Government arrangements for funding local government
Andrew R.T..
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Audit Wales brief: Welsh Government arrangements for funding local government
Thank you. Carrie.
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Audit Wales brief: Welsh Government arrangements for funding local government
Thank you. We're very conscious of time, so we're going to go around the room, and if we could have some brevity, please, so we can try and catch up. Alun Cox.
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Audit Wales brief: Welsh Government arrangements for funding local government
Thank you. As a former community councillor, I've had personal experience with short-notice grants, because once it's gone to the local authority, then it comes down to community and you get four months to spend the money and you've got no project. But just…
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Audit Wales brief: Welsh Government arrangements for funding local government
I'd like to move now to item 4, which is another briefing from Audit Wales and this time on Welsh Government arrangements for funding local government. It's a new team, but you introduced yourselves at the start, so we'll go straight over, please, to Audit…
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Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
Thank you. Obviously, I'm conscious, as Chair, so I'm going to forgo my right to even ask a question, but I am taking first dibs next time. So, we're going to move on now. Thank you very much for that briefing. It certainly gives us some food for thought for…
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Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
Thank you. Alun.
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Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
Andrew R.T. Davies, any questions?
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Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
I'm just conscious of the fact that we're nearly at the time for ending the next item as well—we're considerably over time—so I want to try and see if we can get ourselves back on track a bit.
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Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
Well, as a committee, we've already agreed we're going to be holding an inquiry anyway on the basis of this briefing, and I'm sure, when it comes to talking about the terms of reference later in the agenda, we can look at devolving or pushing forward onto…
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Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
We've—
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Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
Thank you.
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Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
Cai Parry-Jones.
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Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
Anna.
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Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
Thank you. We'll go to the Members, and I'll start with Shav Taj, please.
