Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:Hybrid - Committee

room 3, Senedd and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 1 March 2023

Meeting time: 09.30 - 11.12
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13441

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Peredur Owen Griffiths MS (Chair)

Peter Fox MS

Mike Hedges MS

Witnesses:

Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Local Government

Emma Watkins, Welsh Government

Sharon Bounds, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

Owain Roberts (Clerk)

Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk)

Martin Jennings (Researcher)

 

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Registration (09.00-09.15)

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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 meeting of the Finance Committee.

 

1.2 Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore MS.

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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 Minister for Finance and Local Government: Information following the 19 January budget scrutiny session - 6 February 2023

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2.2   PTN 2 - Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services: Information following the 19 January budget scrutiny session - 6 February 2023

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2.3   PTN 3 - Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Welsh Government response - 3 February 2023

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2.4   PTN 4 - Letter from the Minister for Finance Local Government to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee: Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee - 7 February 2023

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2.5   PTN 5 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government to the Llywydd: The Non-Domestic Rating (Multiplier) (Wales) Regulations 2023 - 24 January 2023

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2.6   PTN 6 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Land Transaction Tax Independent Review - Report - 15 February 2023

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2.7   PTN 7 - Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: Scrutiny of the financial implications of Bills - 15 February 2023

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2.8   PTN 8 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Finance Inter-ministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) - 21 February 2023

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2.9   PTN 9 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Report on Outturn 2021-22 - 24 February 2023

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3       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2022-23

3.1 The Committee took evidence on the Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2022-23 from Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Local Government; Emma Watkins, Deputy Director, Budget and Government Business; and Sharon Bounds, Deputy Director, Financial Controls.

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

The motion was agreed.

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5       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2022-23: Consideration of evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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6       Consideration of the Forward Work Programme

6.1 The Committee considered the Forward Work Programme.

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