Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee
room 3, Senedd and video conference
via Zoom
Meeting date: 12 January 2023
Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:
Owain Roberts
Committee Clerk
0300 200 6388
SeneddFinance@senedd.wales
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Registration (09.00-09.15)
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 - 5)
Minutes of the meeting held on 14 December 2022
2.1 PTN 1 - Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: Welsh Government response
(Pages 6 - 8)
3 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
(09.30-10.30) (Pages 9 - 74)
David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Dr Ed Poole, Senior Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre (Wales Fiscal Analysis)
Guto Ifan, Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre (Wales Fiscal Analysis)
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-01-23 P1 – Summary of consultation responses
Wales Fiscal Analysis - Wales Budget Outlook 2022 (PDF, 4.2MB)
Institute for Fiscal Studies – ‘Implications of the Autumn Statement 2022 and EFO for Wales and the Welsh Government’ (Presentation slides)
Research Service Brief
Break (10.30-10.40)
4 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 3
(10.40-11.25) (Pages 75 - 96)
Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Rhiannon Hardiman, Change Maker (Nature, Climate Change and Decarbonisation), Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Alex Chapman, Senior Researcher, New Economics Foundation
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-01-23 P2 - Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Research Service Brief
Break (11.25-11.35)
5 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 4
(11.35-12.35) (Pages 97 - 133)
Victoria Winckler, Director, Bevan Foundation
Luke Young, Assistant Director, Citizens Advice Cymru
Natasha Davies, Policy and Research Lead, Chwarae Teg
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-01-23 P3 - Bevan Foundation
FIN(6)-01-23 P4 - Chwarae Teg
Research Service Brief
6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 7,9,10,11 and 12
(12.35)
7 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Consideration of evidence
(12.35-12.50)
Lunch (12.50-13.15)
8 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 5
(13.15-14.00) (Pages 134 - 209)
Richard Hughes, Chairman, Office for Budget Responsibility
Andy King, Budget Responsibility Committee member, Office for Budget Responsibility
Professor David Miles, Budget Responsibility Committee member, Office for Budget Responsibility
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-01-23 P5 - Welsh taxes outlook (December 2022)
Research Service Brief
9 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Consideration of evidence
(14.00-14.15)
10 Audit Wales Fee Scheme 2023-24
(14.15-14.20) (Pages 210 - 233)
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-01-23 P6 - Fee Scheme 2023-24
11 Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (No. 3) (SLCM) - UK Infrastructure Bank Bill
(14.20-14.30) (Pages 234 - 246)
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-01-23 P7 - SLCM (No.3): UK Infrastructure Bank Bill
FIN(6)-01-23 P8 – SLCM timetable: UK Infrastructure Bank Bill
Legal Services advice note
12 Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill
(14.30-14.40)
Supporting documents:
Food (Wales) Bill, as introduced (PDF, 182KB)
Explanatory Memorandum (PDF, 1.4MB)
Research Service Brief