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Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 1)
Thank you. Clearly, an annual performance review or appraisal should have no surprises, so no doubt he has heard this before. Do you have anything to add? Do you have any red-letter days or bad experiences from which you've learned that you could share with…
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Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 1)
Okay, thank you. During 2022-23, you implemented a new structure for the Welsh Government senior civil service, creating the role of chief operating officer, who is with us today. What difference has this made in terms of the day-to-day running of the…
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Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 1)
When I started in my previous career, we were using printer-sized adding machines, so we should have moved on from that. [Laughter.] In your response to our report on the 2021-22 accounts, you say that you will review the content of the accounts and make…
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Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 1)
And by that you mean administrative process, technology, or both?
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Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 1)
Thank you, yes. With my background, I always believe targets are something you should never be afraid of, provided they are realistic, achievable, reviewable and, if necessary, adaptable. But you should still have the goal. The former Permanent Secretary told…
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Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 1)
Okay, thank you. And have you agreed with Audit Wales a timetable to sign off the 2023-24 accounts, and, if you have, when do you anticipate publishing that?
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Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 1)
So, it's a four-year period now you're anticipating.
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Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 1)
Thank you. I think it’s a further question for you: last year, you told us that the Welsh Government had agreed a three-year plan with Audit Wales to bring the accounts sign-off to September. What progress have you made against that plan and what, if any…
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Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 1)
Diolch yn fawr. Thanks for attending. As you'd expect, we have several questions and I'd be grateful if Members and yourselves could be as succinct as possible so that we can cover as wide a range of these as we can fit in. We intend to take a short break at…
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Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 1)
Croeso, bawb. Good morning and welcome to witnesses who have joined us for the meeting. I'd be grateful if each of you could state your name and role for the record.
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from items 4, 7 and 8 of today's meeting
At this point, then, I propose that, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(ix), the committee resolves to meet in private for items 4, 7 and 8 of today's meeting. Are Members content? I see Members are content. In which case, I'd be grateful if we could go…
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Papers to note
Certainly, we'll hopefully have an opportunity to do so at the conclusion of our evidence session with our witnesses later.
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Papers to note
Thank you very much indeed. Our final paper to note is a letter from the Welsh Government on the committee's inquiry into public appointments. I believe Members may wish also to seek the opportunity to raise this later when we're in evidence session with…
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Papers to note
Thank you. No comments from yourself?
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Papers to note
Okay, thank you very much indeed. In that case, we'll move on to our third paper to note, a letter from the Welsh Government following our evidence session on covering teachers' absence. This provides further information on our work on the Auditor General for…
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Papers to note
Thank you. In that case, I'll move on to our third paper—. Sorry, did you have a comment?
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Papers to note
Oh, right. Our next paper to note is a letter from the chief executive and chair of Digital Health and Care Wales, providing an update following our joint scrutiny with the Health and Social Care Committee of their report. The letter we've received contains…
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Papers to note
Great. Thank you. I haven't seen that, so that would be helpful to see.
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Papers to note
We have a number of items to note. The first being a letter from the director general of the climate change and rural affairs group in response to our report on town-centre regeneration. As Members will be aware, the Welsh Government formally responded to our…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Bore da. Croeso, bawb. Good morning. Welcome, everybody, to this meeting of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee. You just heard the end of a question on a technical matter, which will be addressed in public session later on. We've only…
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Private pre-meeting
We're in public session now, so thank you.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Barnett formula
I was just going to ask what your sister party in Scotland may have said to you about this, the Scottish National Party, where Scotland would be the loser in this. A decade ago, the leaders of Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats at national…
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90-second Statements
As we heard earlier, this month is the UK's Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, when organisations across the UK come together to raise awareness of cerebral palsy, the most common disability in children worldwide, as we heard, with over 6,000 people living with…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Last November, Professor Luke Clements and Dr Ana Laura Aiello from Leeds University's School of Law published a research report on the prevalence and impact of allegations of fabricated or induced illness, or FII, which considered the prevalence and impact…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
2. How is NHS Wales supporting families with disabled children? OQ60853
