Agenda - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 4 Ty Hywel and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 29 September 2022

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Owain Roberts

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6388

SeneddFinance@senedd.wales

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At its meeting on 22 September, the Committee agreed a motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to exclude the public from the start of today's meeting.

 

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Registration (09.15-09.30)

 

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1       Consideration of Forward Work Programme

(09.30-09.45)                                                                             (Pages 1 - 10)

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-18-22 P1 - Forward Work Programme

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2       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - Technical briefing: Chief Economist

(09.45-10.15)                                                                           (Pages 11 - 14)

Jonathan Price, Chief Economist, Welsh Government

 

Supporting documents:

Research Service Brief

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3       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - Technical briefing: Budget Improvement Plan

(10.15-10.45)                                                                                                  

Matt Wellington, Head of Budget Policy & Delivery, Welsh Government

 

Supporting documents:

Budget Improvement Plan (PDF, 279KB)

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4       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - Technical briefing: Gender Budgeting

(10.45-11.15)                                                                                                  

Natasha Davies, Policy and Research Lead, Chwarae Teg

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5       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - Technical briefing: Green Budgeting

(11.15-11.45)                                                                                                  

Rhiannon Hardiman, Change Maker (Nature, Climate Change and Decarbonisation), Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

Alex Chapman, Senior Researcher, New Economics Foundation

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Break (11.45-12.00)

 

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Public

 

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6       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(12.00)                                                                                                             

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7       Paper(s) to note

(12.00)                                                                                      (Pages 15 - 19)

Minutes of the meeting held on 22 September 2022

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8       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - Pre-budget scrutiny

(12.00-13.00)                                                                           (Pages 20 - 26)

Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Local Government

Andrew Jeffreys, Director, Treasury

Emma Watkins, Deputy Director, Budget & Government Business

 

Supporting documents:

Research Service Brief

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9       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 10 and 12

(13.00)                                                                                                             

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10    Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - Pre-budget scrutiny: Consideration of evidence

(13.00-13.10)                                                                                                  

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Public

 

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11    Financial implications of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill

(13.30 - 14.15)                                                                         (Pages 27 - 38)

Julie James MS, Minister for Climate Change

Louise Clarke, Senior Single Use Product Manager

Richard Clark, Head of Local Environment Quality

Gian Marco Currado, Director, Environment & Marine

 

Supporting documents:

The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill (PDF, 227KB)

Explanatory Memorandum (PDF, 1.5MB)

Research Service Brief

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Private

 

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12    Financial implications of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

(14.15-14.25)                                                                                                  

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