Perhaps I am being naive.
I would have thought that at least some Councillors, who were aware that this was the third time that these questions have been put to the Full Council and the simple answers to the questions have not been provided, did not express some concerns.
For a Welsh Audit Office Report relating to the safeguarding of children to have been suppressed for so long should be of some great concern to the Councillors.
Geraint Morgan was well aware of the background to this issue.
This is the first time that, in accordance with the Constitution, a Cabinet member has been prevented from fulfilling her responsibilities by answering a question from a member of the public relating to her portfolio.
Slowly but surely, the perpetrators of these wrongdoings are leaving the employ of the Council for one reason or another.
Some are still there, though.
Don’t you think it’s about time those people involved in this facade were made accountable for their wrongdoings?
One day, perhaps we will hear those words that usually follow a Cover-up when it has been found out – “Lessons will be learned”.
It would appear that the Monitoring Officer and the Democratic Services Department will go to any lengths to ensure that no Council Meeting will ever see the Audit Wales Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements related to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council by not including reference to it on agendas and minutes of meetings.
Screenshot 1 Clarifications Post-Meeting are included in the list at the top of the page Hyperlink to above https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=159&MId=6549&Ver=4&LLL=0 Screenshot 2 Additional item added to previously published Agenda, but not actually included on the printed frontsheet of the Agenda. Screenshot 3 The Monitoring Officer’s response. You will not find this in the printed draft minutes…
Keep readingAn Idiot’s Guide to an Officers’ Report to Audit Committee 23rd November 2020. Audit Wales Report on the Review of whistleblowing arrangements related to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council and Follow-up review of Corporate Arrangements for Safeguarding – Merthyr Council. How to tell them apart.
Extracts allegedly related to Audit Wales Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements relating to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council. AUDIT COMMITTEE Date Written 8th November 2020 Report Author Jon Eyre/Fran Donnelly/Lisa Curtis-Jones Committee Date 23rd November 2020 To: Chair, Ladies and Gentlemen Wales Audit Office: Review of Whistleblowing and Corporate Safeguarding* * There was never a…
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Further proof that the Audit Wales Report on the Review of whistleblowing arrangements related to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council has NEVER been presented for consideration and discussion at ANY Council meeting.
Part 1 Related Blog posts SEE PART 10 OF THE FOLLOWING POST FOR DETAILED EXPLANATION. https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2023/07/22/updated-my-investigation-into-the-journey-of-the-wao-report-on-the-review-of-whistleblowing-arrangements-relating-to-safeguarding-at-merthyr-council-aka-the-report/ Lisa Curtis-Jones’ Information Report https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2025/09/02/lisa-curtis-jones/ Part 2 My clarification of the post-meeting clarification This is my clarification of the Council’s post meeting clarification: The report was NOT placed before a meeting of the Audit Committee on 20th November 2022.…
Keep readingIf you were the Monitoring Officer of a local authority, this is one example of how you would misinform and mislead your Councillors and their electorate.
Screenshots of clarification The post-meeting clarification The statement on this post-meeting clarification added to the Agenda for the Full Council Meeting held on 12th November 2025 is a blatant effort by the Council’s Democratic Services Department, led by the Monitoring Officer, to misinform the Councillors and the electorate of Merthyr Council, regarding the suppression of…
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When it’s ajar. When is a suppressed Welsh Audit Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements related to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council not a suppressed Welsh Audit Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements related to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council? When it has been presented to a Council Committee for consideration and discussion. The following…
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