Meeting Venue: Hybrid -
Committee
room 4 Ty Hywel
and video conference
via Zoom
Meeting date: Wednesday, 20 December
2023
Meeting time: 09.35 - 11.20
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13820
Attendance
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Category
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Names
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Members of the Senedd:
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Peredur Owen Griffiths MS (Chair)
Mike Hedges MS
Rhianon Passmore MS
Laura Anne Jones MS (In place of Peter Fox
MS)
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Witnesses:
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Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and
Local Government
Andrew Jeffreys, Welsh Government
Emma Watkins, Welsh Government
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Committee Staff:
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Owain Roberts (Clerk)
Martin Jennings (Researcher)
Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk)
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Registration
(09.00-09.15)
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Private Pre-meeting
(09.15-09.30)
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<AI3>
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 Peter Fox
MS.
1.3 Laura Anne Jones MS attended as a
substitute for Peter Fox MS.
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<AI4>
2
Paper(s) to note
2.1 The papers were noted.
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<AI5>
2.1
PTN 1 - Letter from the Chair of the
Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee: Evidence papers
supporting the 2024-25 Draft Budget - 27 October 2023
</AI5>
<AI6>
2.2
PTN 2 - Letter from the First
Minister: Finance Committee Stage 1 report on the Food (Wales)
Bill: Recommendation 1 - 15 November 2023
</AI6>
<AI7>
2.3
PTN 3 - Letter from the Chair of the
Petitions Committee: Evidence session for Petition P-06-1358 Review
the inadequate funding for Schools in Wales - 22 November
2023
</AI7>
<AI8>
2.4
PTN 4 - Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023
– Revised Explanatory Memorandum - 22 November
2023
</AI8>
<AI9>
2.5
PTN 5 - Letter from the Minister for
Finance and Local Government: Revenue Settlement Grant - 29
November 2023
</AI9>
<AI10>
2.6
PTN 6 - Infrastructure (Wales) Bill:
Welsh Government response - 1 December 2023
</AI10>
<AI11>
2.7
PTN 7 - Letter from the Minister for
Finance and Local Government: Statement of Principles for Directly
Funded Bodies (DFBs) - 14 November 2023
</AI11>
<AI12>
3
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft
Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 1
3.1 The Committee took evidence on the Welsh
Government Draft Budget 2024-25 from Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for
Finance and Local Government; Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury;
and Emma Watkins, Deputy Director, Budget and Government
Business.
3.2 The Minister agreed to provide a note
on:
·
How the GDP deflator and CPI index indices work, and why the Welsh
Government opted for the CPI index in its inflation calculations,
in relation to the Draft Budget.
</AI12>
<AI13>
4
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to
resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this
meeting
4.1 The motion was agreed.
</AI13>
<AI14>
5
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft
Budget 2024-25: Consideration of evidence
5.1 The Committee considered the evidence
received.
</AI14>
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