, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Any general procurement of—. Is it quite specific in the Bill that it is—? So, are there named areas, or are there just areas, and, then, it's futureproofing the Bill, if you like, that it can't be abused in the future?
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
One of the things you said earlier was that it was in specific and quite niche areas. Is there any chance that it could go into more general areas?
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I assume, and correct me if I'm wrong, that it then means that we have—. By having this in place, we would have the control ourselves rather than being under the jurisdiction of something that's next door in a devolved area, basically.
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I'll bring Mike in.
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I'll bring Mike in in just a second. Just following on from that, seeing as this is the Finance Committee, on the financial cost of not doing this, have you quantified that at all, or have you got a way of quantifying that?
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
A warm welcome to you. Obviously, we've had the Bill and we've had the explanatory memorandum, so I'd like to crack on with some questions, if we can. I'd like to start by trying to understand the purpose of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill and the…
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay. A very warm welcome to you all and thank you for joining us in this meeting this morning.
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
A warm welcome to you this morning. Would you be able to introduce your officials and yourself for the record?
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
So, we'll move on to the third item, which is the Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill—the evidence session with the Minister. Welcome.
, Finance Committee
Papers to note
I have some papers to note—one paper to note and the minutes of the last meeting. Is everyone content to note those? Yes. Okay, excellent.
, Finance Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. Welcome to this meeting of the Finance Committee. We are here this morning and I'm pleased to see that people have arrived safely, with the snow outside. So, that's good to see. The meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and the Record of…
, Plenary
Group 11: Contracts register (Amendments 10, 11)
Yes.
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Group 11: Contracts register (Amendments 10, 11)
Yes.
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Group 11: Contracts register (Amendments 10, 11)
Llywydd, can we proceed to the final votes this evening? Thank you.
, Plenary
Group 11: Contracts register (Amendments 10, 11)
Diolch yn fawr. And to close my final contribution in this, the final debate of the Stage 3 proceedings, I'd like to take the opportunity to thank all those who have assisted with the scrutiny process: Senedd clerks, lawyers, and the Plaid team, and I'd also…
, Plenary
Group 11: Contracts register (Amendments 10, 11)
The purpose of amendments 10 and 11 is to amend section 40, which sets out the information contracting authorities must include in their contracts register. The effect of these amendments is, again, as I have already mentioned in relation to those tabled…
, Plenary
Group 10: Annual socially responsible procurement reports (Amendments 7, 8, 9, 44, 46)
Please.
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Group 10: Annual socially responsible procurement reports (Amendments 7, 8, 9, 44, 46)
Yes, please.
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Group 10: Annual socially responsible procurement reports (Amendments 7, 8, 9, 44, 46)
I'm grateful to the Government for supporting these amendments, which will only serve to strengthen the positive outcomes of this Bill and send a clear message out about its intention. I'm particularly happy that the Government has moved on the matter of the…
, Plenary
Group 10: Annual socially responsible procurement reports (Amendments 7, 8, 9, 44, 46)
There was no reference to the Welsh language on the face of the Bill, as introduced. I spoke during the committee stage on this legislation about how important it is for the Welsh language to be embedded at the heart of the public procurement framework in…
, Plenary
Group 10: Annual socially responsible procurement reports (Amendments 7, 8, 9, 44, 46)
Diolch yn fawr. We consider the annual socially responsible procurement reports to be a key mechanism to ensure that the Bill is having the desired effect in improving public procurement, both at an individual public body level, and also at a strategic…
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Group 9: Social public works clauses (Amendments 5, 6, 12)
Please.
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Group 9: Social public works clauses (Amendments 5, 6, 12)
These amendments are a positive addition to this Bill, and I propose that we move straight to the vote.
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Group 9: Social public works clauses (Amendments 5, 6, 12)
I thank the Deputy Minister.
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Group 9: Social public works clauses (Amendments 5, 6, 12)
Diolch yn fawr. The purpose of amendment is 5 to amend section 27, which deals with the social public works clauses that must be included in contracts for major construction contracts. The categories and improvements sought through this section of the…
