Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 1 - Senedd. View directions

Contact: Fay Bowen 

Expected timing: Private Meeting 

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(13.30)

1.

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Minutes:

1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting.

 

1.2 The Chair also welcomed the visiting Chairs from other Committees, Llyr Gruffydd MS, Helen Mary Jones MS and Dai Lloyd MS.

 

1.3 Apologies were received from Vikki Howells MS.

 

(13.30 - 15.00)

2.

Well-Being of Future Generations Work: Briefing on first Statutory Reports

Research Briefing

PAC(5)-12-20 Paper 1 – Audit Wales – So What’s Different? - Findings from the Auditor General’s Sustainable Development Principle Examinations (May 2020) (1MB)

PAC(5)-12-20 Paper 2 – Future Generations Commissioner for Wales - The Future Generations Report 2020 (May 2020) (136MB)

PAC(5)-12-20 Paper 3 - Welsh Government – Written Statement: Wales’s First “Future Generations Report” by the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales (5 May 2020)

 

Adrian Crompton – Auditor General for Wales

Sophie Howe – Future Generations Commissioner

Marie Brousseau-Navarro – Office of the Future Generations Commissioner

Heledd Morgan - Office of the Future Generations Commissioner

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 The Committee received a briefing on the first Statutory Reports of the Well-Being of Future Generations Work, from Sophie Howe, the Future Generations Commissioner and Adrian Crompton, the Auditor General for Wales.

2.2 The Members questioned the witnesses.

 

(15.10 - 15.30)

3.

Well-Being of Future Generations Work: Discussion about forthcoming Committee's Inquiry

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee discussed the forthcoming inquiry on the Well-Being of Future Generations Work. The Committee agreed to write to the Future Generations Commissioner and Auditor General for Wales, copying in all Senedd Committee Chairs, outlining some initial conclusions and considerations for next steps to facilitate Senedd scrutiny.

 

(15.30 - 16.00)

4.

Effectiveness of Local Planning Authorities in Wales: Consideration of draft report

PAC(5)-12-20 Paper 4 – Draft Report

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee considered the draft report and will return to further consideration of the draft on 8 June 2020.