Agenda - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 4 Ty Hywel and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 9 November 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)

 

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Private Pre-meeting (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 - 6)

Minutes of the meetings held on 11 October and 18 October.

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2.1   PTN 1 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Independent Review of Landfill Disposals Tax - 18 October 2023

                                                                                                   (Pages 7 - 10)

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2.2   PTN 2 - Letter from Disability Wales: Specific financial support for disabled people in the 2024-25 budget - 19 October 2023

                                                                                                 (Pages 11 - 13)

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2.3   PTN 3 - Letter from the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd on the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Members Pension Scheme - 23 October 2023

                                                                                                 (Pages 14 - 15)

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2.4   PTN 4 - Additional information from the Senedd Commission in relation to the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill - 31 October 2023

                                                                                                 (Pages 16 - 18)

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2.5   PTN 5 - Letter from Audit Wales: Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill - 3 November 2023

                                                                                                 (Pages 19 - 21)

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2.6   PTN 6 - Letter from the Chair of the Local Government and Housing Committee: Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill - 3 November 2023

                                                                                                 (Pages 22 - 23)

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3       Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2024-25 and Interim Report: Evidence session

(09.30-10.30)                                                                         (Pages 24 - 123)

Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales

Kathryn Chamberlain, Chair of the Wales Audit Office, Audit Wales

Kevin Thomas, Executive Director of Corporate Services

Ann-Marie Harkin, Executive Director of Audit Services

 

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-18-23 P1- Estimate of Income and Expenses for Audit Wales for the year ended 31 March 2025

FIN(6)-18-23 P2 – Supporting information for the Estimate of Income and Expenses for Audit Wales for the year ended 31 March 2025

FIN(6)-18-23 P3 – Interim Report – An assessment of progress made against our 2023-24 Annual Plan during the period 1 April to 30 September 2023

Research Service Brief

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

(10.30)                                                                                                             

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5       Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2024-25 and Interim Report: Consideration of evidence

(10.30-10.45)                                                                                                  

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6       Budget Process Protocol

(10.45-11.15)                                                                       (Pages 124 - 132)

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-18-23 P4 – Update on changes to the Budget Process Protocol

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7       Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum: Update

(11.15-11.30)                                                                       (Pages 133 - 134)

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-18-23 P5 - Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum

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