Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee room 5 Ty Hywel and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: 22 September 2022
Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:
Owain Roberts
Committee Clerk
0300 200 6388
SeneddFinance@senedd.wales
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Private pre-meeting - Informal (09.15-09.30)
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
(09.30)
2 Paper(s) to note
(09.30) (Pages 1 - 6)
Minutes of the meeting held on 30 June 2022
Minutes of the meeting held on 7 July 2022
2.1 PTN 1 - Letter from the Counsel General to LJC Committee: Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee - 12 July 2022
(Page 7)
2.2 PTN 2 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Statement of Principles for Directly Funded Bodies – 14 July 2022
(Pages 8 - 9)
2.3 PTN 3 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Welsh Government's Finance Committee - 20 July 2022
(Pages 10 - 11)
2.4 PTN 4 - Additional information from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: First Supplementary Budget 2022-23 - 26 July 2022
(Pages 12 - 16)
2.5 PTN 5 - Letter from the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 consultation - 5 August 2022
(Page 17)
2.6 PTN 6 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Report on Outturn 2020-21 - 5 August 2022
(Pages 18 - 49)
2.7 PTN 7 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Welsh Government response to First Supplementary budget 2022-23 report / EU Funding arrangements - 22 August 2022
(Pages 50 - 60)
2.8 PTN 8 - Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales to Chair of the Local Government and Housing Committee: Complaints Standards work - 7 September 2022
(Pages 61 - 67)
3 Pre-appointment hearing for Chair of the Welsh Revenue Authority
(09.30-10.00) (Pages 68 - 103)
Ruth Glazzard, Minister’s preferred candidate for Chair of the Welsh Revenue Authority
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-17-22 P1 - Pre-appointment briefing
FIN(6)-17-22 P2 - Preferred candidate’s application/CV
FIN(6)-17-22 P3 - Candidate information pack
Research Service Brief
4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from from items 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11; and the start of the meeting on 29 September 2022
(10.00)
5 Pre-appointment hearing for Chair of the Welsh Revenue Authority: Consideration of evidence
(10.00-10.15)
6 Post-EU funding arrangements: Consideration of draft report
(10.15-11.00) (Pages 104 - 157)
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-17-22 P4 – Draft report
FIN(6)-17-22 P5 - Letter from the Secretary of State for Wales: Additional Information following the evidence session on 30 June 2022 – 14 July 2022
Public
7 Audit Wales – Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 and the Annual Plan 2022-23: Evidence session
11.00-12.00 (Pages 158 - 407)
Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales
Lindsay Foyster, Chair of the Wales Audit Office
Kevin Thomas, Executive Director of Corporate Services
Ann-Marie Harkin, Executive Director of Audit Services
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-17-22 P6 - Audit Wales: Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22
FIN(6)-17-22 P7 - Audit Wales: Audit Findings report – Year Ended 31 March 2022
FIN(6)-17-22 P8 - Audit Wales: Annual Plan 2022-23
FIN(6)-17-22 P9 - Audit Wales: Consultation on Fee Scales 2023-24
Research Service Brief
8 Audit Wales - Supplementary Estimate 2022-23: Evidence session
(12.00-12.30) (Pages 408 - 425)
Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales
Lindsay Foyster, Chair of the Wales Audit Office
Kevin Thomas, Executive Director of Corporate Services
Laurie Davies, Head of Business Services
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-17-22 P10 - Letter from Audit Wales: Our Future Workplaces - 7 September 2022
FIN(6)-17-22 P11 - Supplementary Estimate 2022-23: Explanatory Memorandum
Private
9 Audit Wales - Supplementary Estimate 2022-23: Consideration of evidence
(12.30-12.35)
10 Audit Wales – Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 and the Annual Plan 2022-23: Consideration of evidence
(12.35-12.45)
11 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - Approach to budget scrutiny
(12.45-13.00) (Pages 426 - 436)
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-17-22 P12 Approach to budget scrutiny
FIN(6)-17-22 P13 Consultation letter