Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 11 May 2022

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Owain Roberts

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6388

SeneddFinance@senedd.wales


Remote

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Private pre-meeting - Informal (09.15-09.30)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

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2       Paper(s) to note

(09.30)                                                                                          (Pages 1 - 8)

Minutes of the meeting held on 2 March

Minutes of the meeting held on 11 March

Minutes of the meeting held on 25 March

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2.1   PTN 1 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Government response to the Finance Committee's report - 4 March 2022

                                                                                                   (Pages 9 - 38)

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2.2   PTN 2 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Financial Transactions Capital allocations - 28 February 2022

                                                                                                 (Pages 39 - 42)

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2.3   PTN 3 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Further information on issues raised during the session on the second supplementary budget - 23 March 2022

                                                                                                 (Pages 43 - 47)

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2.4   PTN 4 - Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Welsh Government response to the Finance Committee's report - 26 April 2022

                                                                                                 (Pages 48 - 65)

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2.5   PTN 5 - Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Welsh Government response to the Finance Committee's report - 29 March 2022

                                                                                                 (Pages 66 - 71)

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2.6   PTN 6 - Letter from PCS Union: Use of ‘fire and rehire’ by Welsh public sector bodies - 25 April 2022

                                                                                                 (Pages 72 - 73)

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2.7   PTN 7 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Budget Improvement Impact Advisory Group (BIIAG) - 25 March 2022

                                                                                                 (Pages 74 - 87)

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2.8   PTN 8 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Budget Improvement Impact Advisory Group (BIIAG) - 27 April 2022

                                                                                                 (Pages 88 - 89)

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2.9   PTN 9 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Draft Public Audit (Amendment) Wales Bill - 3 March 2022

                                                                                                           (Page 90)

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2.10PTN 10 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Draft Public Audit (Amendment) (Wales) Bill - 6 April 2022

                                                                                                 (Pages 91 - 93)

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2.11PTN 11 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Finance Inter-ministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) - 11 March 2022

                                                                                                           (Page 94)

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2.12PTN 12 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Finance Inter-ministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) - 5 April 2022

                                                                                                 (Pages 95 - 96)

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2.13PTN 13 - Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales to the Chair of Local Government and Housing Committee: Casework trends and complaint handling practices of Local Authorities - 8 March 2022

                                                                                               (Pages 97 - 103)

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2.14PTN 14 - Letter from the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee: Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner: update report - 11 April 2022

                                                                                                         (Page 104)

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2.15PTN 15 - Joint evidence from tourism industry bodies: Non Domestic Rating Order 2022 - 8 April 2022

                                                                                             (Pages 105 - 122)

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2.16PTN 16 - Letter from the Chief Executive and Clerk of the Senedd: Use of the term BAME - 15 Feb 2022

                                                                                             (Pages 123 - 124)

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2.17PTN 17 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government - Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill - 22 April 2022

                                                                                             (Pages 125 - 137)

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2.18PTN 18 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Approach to the publication of supplementary budgets during 2022-23 - 4 May 2022

                                                                                                         (Page 138)

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3       Post-EU funding arrangements: Evidence session 1

(09.30-10.15)                                                                       (Pages 139 - 183)

Chris Llewelyn, Chief Executive, Welsh Local Government Association

Tim Peppin, Director of Regeneration and Sustainable Development, Welsh Local Government Association

 

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-11-22 P1 – Welsh Local Government Association

Research Service Brief – Background paper

Research Service Brief

FIN(6)-11-22 Letter from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Levelling Up, the Union and Constitution – 6 May 2022 (Included in the supplementary pack)

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Break (10.15-10.25)

 

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4       Post-EU funding arrangements: Evidence session 2

(10.25-11.10)                                                                       (Pages 184 - 202)

Dr Ed Poole, Senior Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre (Wales Fiscal Analysis)

Guto Ifan, Research Associate, Wales Governance Centre (Wales Fiscal Analysis)

David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies

 

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-11-22 P2 – Wales Governance Centre (Wales Fiscal Analysis)

Institute for Fiscal Studies blog - ‘IFS response to UK Shared Prosperity Fund’

Research Service 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 and the meeting on 18 May 2022.

(11.10)                                                                                                             

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6       Post-EU funding arrangements: Consideration of evidence

(11.10-11.25)                                                                                                  

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7       Audit Wales: Estate Strategy and Five Year Strategic Plan

(11.25-11.55)                                                                       (Pages 203 - 216)

Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales

Lindsay Foyster, Chair of the Wales Audit Office

Kevin Thomas, Executive Director of Corporate Services

 

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-11-22 P3 - Presentation slides

Research Service Brief – Audit Wales Accommodation

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8       First Supplementary Budget 2022-23: Directly Funded Bodies

(11.55-12.10)                                                                       (Pages 217 - 219)

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-11-22 P4 - Public Services Ombudsman for Wales Supplementary Estimate 2022-23

FIN(6)-11-22 P5 – Senedd Commission Supplementary Estimate 2022-23 (Included in supplementary pack)

FIN(6)-11-22 Senedd Commission – Annex (Included in supplementary pack)

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9       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Stakeholder event

(12.10-12.25)                                                                       (Pages 220 - 224)

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-11-22 P6 – Stakeholder event

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