Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 19 January 2022

Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.31
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/12578

Remote

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Peredur Owen Griffiths MS (Chair)

Mike Hedges MS

Sam Rowlands MS (In place of Peter Fox MS)

Rhianon Passmore MS

Witnesses:

Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

Alex Chapman, New Economics Foundation

Victoria Winckler, Bevan Foundation

Sara Jones, Wales Retail Consortium

Suzy Davies, Wales Tourism Alliance

Ben Cottam, Federation of Small Business

Leighton Jenkins, CBI Cymru

Committee Staff:

Owain Roberts (Clerk)

Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk)

Georgina Owen (Second Clerk)

Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk)

Owen Holzinger (Researcher)

Christian Tipples (Researcher)

Owain Davies (Researcher)

 

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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. This meeting will be broadcast live on www.senedd.tv

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Private pre-meeting - Informal (09.15-09.30)

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the virtual meeting of the Finance Committee.

 

1.2 Apologies were received from Peter Fox MS. Sam Rowlands MS attended as a substitute.

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2       Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1   PTN 1 - Letter from the Business Committee to Committee Chairs - Review of the committee timetable and committee remits - 7 January 2022

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2.2   PTN 2 - Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Written evidence from Ramblers Cymru - January 2022

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3       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 5

3.1 The Committee took evidence from Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales; and Alex Chapman, Senior Researcher, New Economics Foundation on the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2022-23.

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Break (10.15-10.25)

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4       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 6

4.1 The Committee took evidence from Victoria Winckler, Director, Bevan Foundation on the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2022-23.

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Break (11.10-11.20)

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5       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7

5.1 The Committee took evidence from Sara Jones, Head of Welsh Retail Consortium; Suzy Davies, Chair, Wales Tourism Alliance; Ben Cottam, Head of Wales, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB Wales); and Leighton Jenkins, Head of Policy – Wales, CBI Wales on the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2022-23.

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

6.1 The motion was agreed.

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7       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Consideration of evidence

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence.

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