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Recommendation 18
18
Rejected
Paragraph: 118
The two governments should establish a UK-Welsh government Inter-ministerial Advisory Board on Social Security.
Recommendation
The two governments should establish a UK-Welsh government Inter-ministerial Advisory Board on Social Security. Such a Board could build on the good examples of joint working which were seen during the pandemic. Minutes of its meetings should be published.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government rejects the recommendation to establish a UK-Welsh government Inter-ministerial Advisory Board on Social Security, stating that existing engagement channels are sufficient.
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Paragraph Reference:
118
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government · verbatim extract
Rejected
The UK Government rejects these recommendations. The Department for Work and Pensions Ministers already have constructive engagement channels with Ministers in the Welsh Government on matters of mutual interest, and where areas of devolved and reserved power intersect. For example, the Minister for Employment recently met Vaughan Gething, MS, Welsh Government Minister for the Economy, to discuss how the Department for Work and Pensions could support the Welsh Government’s employability strategy.
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