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11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 10—public sector employers
Welcome back to the Equality and Social Justice Committee, where we're continuing our scrutiny of the social partnership and public procurement Bill. This afternoon's session is with Karen Higgins and Jon Rae from the Welsh Local Government Association, and…
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Is there anything you wanted to add? No. That's fine. Well, thank you, all three of you, very much for your contributions. We'll send you a transcript of what you said, and please use the opportunity to correct anything we've got wrong. Thank you very much…
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
That's our job. Right. Peredur, do you want to—?
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Thank you. Peredur Owen Griffiths.
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Thank you. Well, we're seeing them later on, so we'll put that to them. Professor Heery.
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Briefly.
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Professor Hayes.
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Diolch. We'll move on to Joel James.
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Any further questions, Jane?
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Professor Felstead.
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Okay. Shall we go to Professor Hayes next, lest we lose her?
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Back to Jane Dodds.
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Okay. Jane, Peredur would like to just come in at this point.
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Thank you. Apologies for not seeing your hand earlier—just wave rather than using electronic hands in future. Right, can we now move on to Jane Dodds, who's got some questions on the social partnership council?
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Thank you. Professor Hayes, I think you wanted to come in at this point.
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Okay. In Germany, that was quite famous at one point for having the trade unions in the same room as the employers to discuss workplace issues. Other people have said to me, 'Oh, well that benefited the trade union officials who were in the room, but didn't…
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Okay, thank you for that. Joel, back to you.
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Thank you. Back to you, Mike.
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Yes, indeed.
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
[Inaudible.]—I'll bring in Mike Hedges, who I know has some questions on this, and I'll come back to you on the other.
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 9—think tanks and academics
Welcome back to the Equality and Social Justice Committee. We're going to have a further scrutiny session—session 9—on the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill. We have three eminent professors who are experts in procurement: Professor Alan…
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 8—voluntary sector
Thank you both for that. We will send you a transcript of your contributions, and please take the opportunity to ensure that we have accurately captured what you were saying. Otherwise, thank you very much indeed for your contributions—extremely useful—and…
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 8—voluntary sector
Thank you very much for those comments. Kirsty, is there anything you'd like to add on any of that?
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 8—voluntary sector
Okay. Just lastly from me, obviously the voluntary sector is great at galvanising citizens to volunteer. How are you squaring the circle, do you think, in the context of public procurement, so that there’s clarity about paying people for doing a job of work…
11 July 2022Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 8—voluntary sector
Very good. We can now go to Ken Skates.