, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I call for a single statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care on support for children and young people with cancer and their families in Wales. The Young Lives vs Cancer 'Running on Empty' research has found that children and young…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
The then Assembly’s north Wales regional committee took evidence from people from Gwynedd on the affordable housing crisis in October 2003, over 20 years ago, when deliverable solutions were proposed to us, which were ignored by the Labour Welsh Government…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
Okay, Members, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(ix), I propose that the committee resolves to meet in private for the remainder of today’s meeting. Are all Members content? I can see that all Members are content, so I’d be grateful if we could be taken…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Thank you.
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Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Thank you very much indeed. You’ll be very sorry to learn that we’ve reached the end of our questions. [Laughter.] So, thank you very much for attending. As you’d expect, we’ll send you a draft record of the proceedings for you to check before it’s published…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Thank you. And Rhianon Passmore, finally.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Yes. Adam can finish and then I'll bring you in.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Thank you. Your sound was fine earlier, so I don't know if the gremlins are in the system. Adam. Adam Price.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
No. Sorry, we're not hearing what you're saying. It's breaking up.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
I think we're struggling to hear what you're saying.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Okay. Thank you. Well, amazingly, we've come in on time with a couple of minutes to spare. Do Members have any—? Yes, Rhianon Passmore.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Precisely. Voluntarily adhering to it doesn't mean they necessary follow it.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Okay. The Permanent Secretary told us on 15 April that only some of the unregulated public bodies in Wales follow the governance code on public appointments. Welsh Government's evidence paper for this session states that Welsh Ministers are responsible for…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Thank you. Specifically, any proposals to amend the Order in Council, so if you could come back to the committee, I'd be grateful for that. What oversight role is there, if any, for the Senedd in deciding which public bodies should be regulated?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
How does the Welsh Government communicate any proposals to amend the Order in Council to citizens, public bodies and the Senedd?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
That's accessible to committee, is it?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
When you say it's updated once a year.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
So, that's a document, is it?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Okay, thank you. In practical terms, what is the process for adding or removing Welsh devolved public bodies from the Order in Council works?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Are those listed, or is that discretionary?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Is there a set of criteria that could be shared with us, or is it—?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Okay, thank you. I'll try being succinct in my questions as well. What criteria are used by Welsh Government Ministers to decide whether a public body should be regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments and added to the list of bodies included in…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
We're very short on time, so if that could be your last question, and if you could be as succinct as possible in your answers. Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
I noticed Tim there using social model language, which wasn't used earlier. Thank you. Adam.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Can I just intervene on that point? Amongst other things, I chair the cross-party group on disability in the Senedd, and this is a recurrent issue. As you know, employment of disabled people is well below the level for the population at large, and the…
