Agenda - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 15 January 2021

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Bethan Davies

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6372

SeneddFinance@senedd.wales

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In accordance with Standing Order 34.19, the Chair has determined that the public are excluded from the Committee's meeting in order to protect public health.

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

                                                                                                                          

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2       Paper(s) to note

(09.30)                                                                                                             

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2.1   PTN 1 – Letter from the Minister for Education: Response to the Committee's report on the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill - 11 January 2021

                                                                                                     (Pages 1 - 7)

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2.2   PTN2 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd - Non-Domestic Rating (Multiplier) (Wales) Order 2021 - 7 January 2021

                                                                                                   (Pages 8 - 20)

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3       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Draft budget 2021-22: Evidence session 5

(09.30-10.30)                                                                           (Pages 21 - 71)

Steffan Evans, Policy and Research Officer, Bevan Foundation

Gemma Schwendel, Senior Analyst, Joseph Rowntree Foundation

 

Supporting papers:

FIN(5)-03-21 P1 – Written evidence: Bevan Foundation

FIN(5)-03-21 P2 - Briefing paper: 'Poverty in Wales 2020'

Research brief

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BREAK (10.30-10.40)

 

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4       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Draft budget 2021-22: Evidence session 6

(10.40-11.40)                                                                           (Pages 72 - 97)

Andrew Campbell, Chairman, Wales Tourism Alliance

Ian Price, Director, Confederation of British Industry in Wales (CBI Wales)

Dr. Llyr ap Gareth, Senior Policy Advisor, Federation of Small Businesses in Wales (FSB Wales)

 

Supporting papers:

FIN(5)-03-21 P3 - Written evidence: FSB Wales

Research brief

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5       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

(11.40)                                                                                                             

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6       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Draft budget 2021-22: Consideration of evidence

(11.40-11.50)                                                                                                  

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7       Supplementary Budget 2020-21 requests from Directly Funded Bodies

(11.50-12.05)                                                                         (Pages 98 - 127)

Supporting papers:

FIN(5)-03-21 P4 - Cover paper

FIN(5)-03-21 P5 - Senedd Commission’s Budget 2020-21

FIN(5)-03-21 P6 - Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’ Supplementary Estimate 2020-21

FIN(5)-03-21 P7 - Audit Wales’ Supplementary Estimate 2020-21

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8       The Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

(12.05-12.15)                                                                       (Pages 128 - 134)

Supporting papers:

FIN(5)-03-21 P8 - The Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020: Draft report

SUB-LD13969 - The Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 

SUB-LD13969-EM - The Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 - Explanatory Memorandum

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