, Finance Committee
Post-EU funding arrangements: Evidence session 3
Talking about other funds and things, we mentioned it earlier with regard to the recovery and resilience fund, and especially the Ukraine element. Has that been calculated in the £1 billion loss that we've had, or is that in addition?
, Finance Committee
Post-EU funding arrangements: Evidence session 3
We'll note that as well, yes. Thanks, Peter.
, Finance Committee
Post-EU funding arrangements: Evidence session 3
Yes, please.
, Finance Committee
Post-EU funding arrangements: Evidence session 3
What was the margin that you were working to?
, Finance Committee
Post-EU funding arrangements: Evidence session 3
Thank you very much. So, I'm going to go over to Peter now.
, Finance Committee
Post-EU funding arrangements: Evidence session 3
And I think with us setting up the inter-parliamentary finance committee forum, there'll be a similar discussion from a committee-to-committee point of view as well, so it all helps to get the points of view. We were talking to Wales Fiscal Analysis and they…
, Finance Committee
Post-EU funding arrangements: Evidence session 3
That's fine. Rhianon.
, Finance Committee
Post-EU funding arrangements: Evidence session 3
Wonderful. Thank you very much. We're here as part of our inquiry into post-EU funding and those arrangements. And we've taken some evidence from witnesses already, and we've had written evidence, and we've had evidence from yourselves as well. So, I'd like…
, Finance Committee
Post-EU funding arrangements: Evidence session 3
And Peter.
, Finance Committee
Post-EU funding arrangements: Evidence session 3
And I think we've got two on Zoom as well. Gian.
, Finance Committee
Post-EU funding arrangements: Evidence session 3
Great, well, as I said earlier, we've got some esteemed guests with us today, so nice to see you all here. Would you introduce yourselves for the record please?
, Finance Committee
Papers to note
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you very much.
, Finance Committee
Papers to note
I'm happy to note these papers, unless we have any points that need to be raised.
, Finance Committee
Papers to note
Item 2 is papers to note.
, Finance Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
[Inaudible.]—we have very interesting items to discuss. And this meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and a Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. We haven't received any apologies. I'm just checking that there are no declarations of…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Perfect. How long do I have, Chair?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Would you retrospectively go back to the beginning of a contract on something? It opens a can of worms, but, anyway, sorry.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Just very quickly, on contract extensions. So, if there was a first, second, third stage and the first stage happened before this Bill was enacted, afterwards, would this Bill apply to those contracts?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
So, it's what gets measured gets done, type of thing, and what we need to make sure of is that we know what needs to be done so that we can collect the right data. Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Thank you. Just finally from me, the explanatory memorandum highlights the existing non-statutory guidance currently in place to seek to deliver aspects of socially responsible public procurement—that's hard to say—but can you set out why you believe this…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
So, would you expect, Minister, that when you get the reports and lay the report before the Senedd, the data would be part of that report, and that you'd be wanting then to have a debate on those reports? What are your thoughts on the, 'So what?' The report…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Thank you, Chair. The explanatory memorandum sets out six aims for the public procurement elements of the Bill. Fundamental to all of those is the data that's collected and how that then helps to produce objectives, and then, from your point of view, being…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
That's not in the Bill.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
So, you can be re-appointed by the First Minister, but how many times could you be re-appointed?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Membership.
