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Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
To what extent, if at all, do you acknowledge that a separate Welsh Bill would have overcome the need, and quoting a statement in your letter, to 'call out areas where the Bill’s proposed clauses did not align with Welsh policy objectives and would have…
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Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
Okay, and does that preparatory work, or will that preparatory work, include, for example, the Federation of Small Businesses, Social Business Wales, the co-op centre and other relevant agencies?
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Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
Thank you. As you indicated, there shouldn't be, in your view, confusion between the two Bills. However, how do you respond to concern expressed by, for example, Caerphilly council, that, and I quote, 'procurement within Wales may have long term confusion due…
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Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
Thank you. On that note, in terms of breaking down the bids and enabling bids from a broader network of potential contractors, what consideration are you giving to providing training and support to enable them to bid individually or as consortia, where…
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Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
Rhianon.
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Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
Mike.
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Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
Diolch. Thank you. I'll begin with the first question and then other committee members will take up the questioning following that. I'll begin by exploring the Welsh Government's decision not to bring forward a wider procurement Bill covering the scope of…
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Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
Diolch.
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Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
Thank you.
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Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
Bore da. Welcome back to this meeting of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee. On 12 July, the Business Committee agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 29.41, to invite the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee and the…
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Papers to note
We can perhaps move into closed session for a break. Thank you.
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Papers to note
That, I believe, concludes the items to note. Could we please move into—? Are there comments at this point?
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Papers to note
Thank you. Having heard that, are Members content to note the letter and agree to have a further discussion on these matters once we've had sight of the Permanent Secretary's response to the auditor general? Thank you.
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Papers to note
Any comments from Members? In that case, can I invite Members to note the letter? Are Members content? And Fay, I'd be grateful if perhaps we could copy the correspondence to the Health and Social Care Committee. Thank you. The next item is a letter from the…
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Papers to note
Heads are nodding, so on that basis, I invite Members to note the letter and to agree to write to the Welsh Government requesting that a further update be provided in six months' time with evidence to support progress being made in implementing these two…
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Papers to note
We have a number of papers to note, which have been circulated to Members. The first is a letter received from the Welsh Government regarding Wizz Air at Cardiff Airport, which draws our attention to a written statement that the Welsh Ministers for climate…
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Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Well, bore da, croeso. Good morning and welcome to this morning's meeting of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee in the Senedd. I understand that no apologies have been received and that the remaining committee member will be joining us…
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Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report—Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes Programme
The committee's report found that the Welsh Government's £360 million Warm Homes programme lacked scale, size and purpose. This is a matter of serious concern, as is the report's finding that the drastic changes to the energy market over the course of this…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I think the same constituent possibly contacted me, although I think they named us individually rather than collectively on this occasion. They explained that because their household income was just over the eligibility threshold for an income-assessed NHS…
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Business Statement and Announcement
I call for two Welsh Government statements, the first on support for children and young people impacted by migraine. During the last week of the Senedd summer recess, 4 September to 10 September, Migraine Awareness Week was held, and, at the start of the…
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Motion of condolence and tributes to Her Majesty The Queen
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was a permanent feature of our lives for so long, combining continuity with change, example with empathy, and dignity with dedication. She achieved so much, and I will miss her presence among us, personally, greatly. When my…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Hepatitis C
To reiterate, our motion calls on the Welsh Government to develop a national strategic plan to deliver HCV elimination by 2030 at the latest, which is sustainably resourced, patient centric, and focuses on the whole pathway. At least 8,000 people in Wales are…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
—when his current dentist stopped carrying out NHS treatments and there was a minimum two-year waiting list. People are in pain now. It's great that relief is coming down the road, but what are you doing about it for the people who need it now?
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Of course, this isn't new. Before the pandemic, constituents were contacting me about the lack of NHS dentists in Arfon. As one stated in 2019, 'Both my daughter and myself have been without a dentist now for well over a year. Please is there anything you can…
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The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
I also looked at those police statistics. Did you notice that 3 per cent of the accidents occur on 20 mph roads, but they only account for 2.5 per cent of roads in Wales? So, actually, the accident rate is higher by 0.5 per cent and pretty much aligned with…
