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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…
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Group 8: Socially responsible procurement duty (Amendments 4, 1)
Diolch, Llywydd. If I go to Jenny first on the development of the statutory guidance and looking at locally sourced food, it's something that can be worked through. I don't quite understand the argument that Jenny was making, but I'm sure that the Minister…
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Group 8: Socially responsible procurement duty (Amendments 4, 1)
Diolch, Llywydd. As I've noted throughout each stage of this Bill's journey through the Senedd, I want to emphasise once again the importance of making this legislation as strong as possible when it comes to public procurement within Wales. For more than a…
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Group 6: Subgroups of the SPC (Amendment 3)
Thank you, Deputy Minister, for your comments. I would like to thank the many third sector organisations and charities that have offered views and suggestions about this area of the Bill and the real concern that their voices might not have been heard. I…
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Group 6: Subgroups of the SPC (Amendment 3)
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. The purpose of this amendment is to amend section 9 of the Bill, which sets out the arrangements for the public procurement sub-group. This will add a requirement for Welsh Ministers to produce guidance to which the social partnership…
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Group 4: Nominations to the SPC by Wales TUC Cymru (Amendments 2, 27)
Diolch, Llywydd. I thank the Deputy Minister for those reassurances. There was some anxiety in some quarters that certain groups and workers would be disenfranchised from this element of the Bill. Having heard those reassurances on the record today, I am…
