Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee
room 3, Senedd and video conference
via Zoom
Meeting date: 21 June 2023
Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:
Owain Roberts
Committee Clerk
0300 200 6388
SeneddFinance@senedd.wales
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Registration (09.15-09.30)
Private pre-meeting - Informal (09.30-10.15)
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
(10.15)
2 Paper(s) to note
(10.15) (Pages 1 - 9)
Minutes of the meetings held on 8 March, 26 April and 24 May.
2.1 PTN 1 - Letter from the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee - Financial scrutiny of Health Boards - 24 April 2023
(Pages 10 - 11)
2.2 PTN 2 - Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2022-23: Welsh Government response - April 2023
(Pages 12 - 20)
2.3 PTN 3 - Letter from Peter Fox MS to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: Food (Wales) Bill - 4 May 2023
(Pages 21 - 24)
2.4 PTN 4 - Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill report: Welsh Government response - 5 May 2023
(Pages 25 - 28)
2.5 PTN 5 - Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services: Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill – 5 May 2023
(Pages 29 - 30)
2.6 PTN 6 - Letter from Jonathan Athow, HMRC: Administration of WRIT - 9 May 2023
(Pages 31 - 32)
2.7 PTN 7 – Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: Agriculture (Wales) Bill – 9 May
(Pages 33 - 35)
2.8 PTN 8 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Inflation in the cost estimates accompanying future Bills - 12 May 2023
(Pages 36 - 37)
2.9 PTN 9 - Letter from the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee: UK/Ireland/EC: Financing Agreement on the PEACE PLUS Programme 2021-2027 - 12 May 2023
(Pages 38 - 43)
2.10PTN 10 - Letter from the Counsel General to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee: Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee - 17 May 2023
(Page 44)
2.11PTN 11 - Food (Wales) Bill: Response from Peter Fox MS, Member-in-charge of the Bill - 19 May 2023
(Pages 45 - 50)
2.12PTN 12 - Letter from the Chair of Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee: Food (Wales) Bill - 31 May 2023
(Page 51)
2.13PTN 13 - Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services: The Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill – Stage 2 Government Amendment - 24 May 2023
(Pages 52 - 54)
2.14PTN 14 - Letter from the Senedd Commission: Update in relation to Committee report recommendation - 24 May 2023
(Pages 55 - 58)
2.15PTN 15 - Letter from the Minister for Climate Change: The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill - 31 May 2023
(Pages 59 - 60)
2.16PTN 16 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee - 13 June 2023
(Pages 61 - 62)
3 Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
(10.15-11.15) (Pages 63 - 84)
Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Local Government
Emma Watkins, Deputy Director, Budget and Government Business
Sharon Bounds, Deputy Director, Financial Controls
Supporting documents:
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24
Research Service brief
4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
(11.15)
5 Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Consideration of evidence
(11.15-11.30)
6 Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM): Non-Domestic Rating Bill
(11.30-11.45) (Pages 85 - 89)
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-10-23 P1 – Cover paper
FIN(6)-10-23 P2 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government to the Chair of the Finance Committee - 2 June 2023
FIN(6)-10-23 P3 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 1 June 2023
7 Audit Wales - Notification of audit deadlines
(11.45-12.00) (Pages 90 - 95)
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-10-23 P4 - Audit Wales - Notification of audit deadlines
8 Consultation with Senedd Committees on documentation accompanying the Draft Budget
(12.00-12.15) (Pages 96 - 118)
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-10-23 P5 – Cover paper
FIN(6)-10-23 P6 - Letter from the Chair of the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee – 12 April 2023
FIN(6)-10-23 P7 - Letter from the Chair of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee – 18 May 2023
FIN(6)-10-23 P8 – Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee – 25 May 2023
FIN(6)-10-23 P9 - Letter from the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee – 20 April 2023
FIN(6)-10-23 P10 - Letter from the Chair of the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee – 26 May 2023
FIN(6)-10-23 P11 - Letter from the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee – 28 April 2023
FIN(6)-10-23 P12 - Letter from the Chair of the Local Government and Housing Committee – 26 April 2023
9 The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report
(12.15-12.30) (Pages 119 - 138)
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-10-23 P13 – Draft report