Agenda - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 4 Ty Hywel and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 10 January 2024

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Owain Roberts

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6388

SeneddFinance@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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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

(09.30)

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2 Paper(s) to note

(09.30)

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2.1 PTN 1 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Report on Outturn 2022-23 - 22 December 2023

(Pages 1 - 33)

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3 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 2

(09.30-10.15) (Pages 34 - 103)

Richard Hughes, Chair, Office for Budget Responsibility

Professor David Miles, Budget Responsibility Committee member, Office for Budget Responsibility

Tom Josephs, Budget Responsibility Committee member, Office for Budget Responsibility

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-01-24 P1 - Welsh taxes outlook (December 2023)

Research Service Brief

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Break (10.15-10.25)

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4 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3

(10.25-11.25) (Pages 104 - 119)

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:

Research Service Brief

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Break (11.25-11.35)

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5 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4

(11.35-12.35) (Pages 120 - 156)

Jessica Laimann, Wales Women’s Budget Group / Women’s Equality Network (WEN) Wales, Policy and Public Affairs Manager at WEN

Victoria Winckler, Director, Bevan Foundation

Simon Hatch, Director of Citizens Advice Cymru

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-01-24 P2 - Wales Women’s Budget Group (WWBG) and Women’s Equality Network (WEN)

FIN(6)-01-24 P3 – Bevan Foundation

Research Service Brief

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

(12.35)

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7 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Consideration of evidence

(12.35-12.45)

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