21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales Brief: NHS accounts 2025-26
Yes.
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales Brief: NHS accounts 2025-26
Shav Taj.
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales Brief: NHS accounts 2025-26
Thank you very much. Anna Nicholl.
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales Brief: NHS accounts 2025-26
Do you have a follow-up, Alun?
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales Brief: NHS accounts 2025-26
Thank you. Alun Cox.
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales Brief: NHS accounts 2025-26
Thank you very much. Before I pass round to other Members, I've got just one quick question: would it be accurate to say that failure to comply with the statutory planning and break-even regime has now become normalised?
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales Brief: NHS accounts 2025-26
Okay. Right. So, over to you, auditor general.
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales Brief: NHS accounts 2025-26
Okay. Right. And your other two colleagues as well. Sorry.
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales Brief: NHS accounts 2025-26
Item 4: Audit Wales briefing on the NHS accounts—a public briefing. Could I invite the Audit Wales officials to introduce themselves for the record, please?
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Okay. Members, are we content to note the papers? Duly noted. Thank you.
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Thank you. Do any other Members have any comments on this?
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Okay. Do any Members have comments about this report?
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Okay, thank you for that. The second paper to note is the 'Financial Reporting Advisory Board Annual Report 2025-26'. So, the advisory board provides us with independent advice on financial reporting. Do you have any comment on this report, auditor general?
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Item 3 is to formally note papers. Paper 1, a letter from the Auditor General for Wales to me regarding the audit independence safeguards, from 7 September, just to note that the auditor general is going to be recusing herself from work related to national…
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good afternoon, everybody. I'd like to welcome Members to the meeting of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee. I'd also like to welcome the Auditor General for Wales, Catherine Mealing-Jones, to her second meeting of the committee. The…
14 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and from item 1 during the meeting on Monday 21 September
For item 4, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(ix), that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and for item 1 during the meeting on Monday 21 September. Are the Members content? Yes, everyone is…
14 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Hopefully, you'll be able to get up to Cathays for your meeting.
14 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Thank you, Cabinet Minister.
14 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Thank you, Cabinet Minister.
14 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Oh, no. Can you give the committee one concrete example of something the Government currently does or a structure it currently funds that you believe should cease or be fundamentally changed?
14 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Thank you, Cabinet Minister, and I agree—I think we've had a very constructive session with you today and I also very much welcome your commitment to return regularly to this committee. I'm sure that we'll have further discussions. One final question from me.
14 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Anna.
14 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Thank you. Do any Members have anything additional they wish to add? Alun Cox.
14 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Cabinet Minister, on 8 June, you laid before the Senedd the legislative consent memorandum on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill. The Business Committee referred this to this committee and the Legislation Committee for scrutiny. What's the Cabinet…
14 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Andrew.
