, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Yes.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Okay. That would be useful, I think, if we could do that. If we can move on now to other aspects of the procurement side of it. Jane Dodds is going to come in. Jane.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Thanks. Okay, sticking with Scotland then, I'm interested in, obviously, the sustainable procurement duty that was passed in Scotland in 2014, in relation in particular to the procurement of school food, which is obviously high on our agenda at the moment…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Thank you. We're now going to move on to look at the second part of the Bill in relation to procurement. Peredur is going to start us off.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Thank you. Can we now go back to Sarah Murphy, who wanted to pursue the issue of fair work?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Okay. Back to you, Ken.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Before you go on, Ken, I think Peredur wanted to come in.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Okay. Jane.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Very good. Moving on to Ken Skates.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Back to you, Sarah.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Okay. We may come back to that, but I think right now we need to move on and have a look at the social partnership council. So, Sarah Murphy, you're going to lead us off on that.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Okay. Jane, did you want to come back?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Thank you. Jane Dodds wanted to come in on this specific point.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Thank you. I'd like to bring in Peredur Owen Griffiths at this point.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
The public sector overall faces huge challenges at the moment; the post-pandemic recovery, the cost of living, the climate emergency, are all issues that are challenging all public bodies. How can you say that this isn't going to be the straw that breaks the…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
What discussions have you had with the future generations commissioner on this Bill, given that she's paid a particular interest to procurement, and is also now doing a section 20 inquiry into the ways of working of the Welsh Government?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Okay. We'll come back to procurement a bit further into this meeting. But just to ask the Minister further, the explanatory memorandum highlights that the Bill complements the well-being of future generations Act and the socioeconomic duty. How do you think…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Very good. I think you have got one of your officials who is joining us online. Is that right? Yes. Excellent. I'll just start off, Minister, by asking you, when we have the well-being of future generations Act, and we've been working for some 11 years on…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
I'd like to welcome members of the public and members of the committee to the first scrutiny session on the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill, which is with the Minister in charge, Hannah Blythyn, and her officials. So, welcome, Minister…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) and (ix) to exclude the public from items 4 and 6
We'll now move into private session for the next item, in order to have a private briefing, and we'll come back at 3.15 p.m. in public session for our scrutiny session with Hannah Blythyn and her officials. Thank you very much. We'll now move into private…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Papers to note
First of all, I wonder if we could just note four or five papers relating to the youth justice blueprint, the future generations commissioner and the role of the Welsh Government in relation to the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, and four…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Prynhawn da. Welcome to the Equality and Social Justice Committee, where we will be discussing the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill with the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership. During that part of the meeting, Sioned Williams and…
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: 'Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner: An update'
—of the challenges that we all face. Thank you.
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: 'Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner: An update'
So, now really is the time to review the role of the well-being of future generations commissioner's office, but also to look at all the other independent people whose job it is to independently scrutinise public bodies. So, thank you very much indeed for…
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: 'Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner: An update'
Thank you, Mark, and I'm sorry if I missed that—that's really important to have on the public record, because it is vital that—. This is a very good time to be doing this work, because we know that we've had an absolutely excellent appointment in Sophie Howe…
