Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 4 Ty Hywel and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 18 July 2024

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Owain Roberts

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6388

SeneddFinance@senedd.wales


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At its meeting on 3 July 2024, the Committee agreed a motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to exclude the public from the start of today's meeting.

 

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Registration / Private Pre-meeting

(09.15-09.30)

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1       Financial Transactions Capital: Technical briefing with Welsh Government officials

(09.30-10.15)                                                                             (Pages 1 - 16)

Matt Wellington, Head of Budget Policy & Delivery, Welsh Government

Sharon Bounds, Deputy Director Financial Controls, Welsh Government

 

Supporting documents:

Senedd Research Brief

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Break

(10.15-10.20)

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Public

 

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2       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(10.20)                                                                                                             

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3       Paper(s) to note

(10.20)                                                                                      (Pages 17 - 25)

Minutes of the meeting held on 26 June and 3 July.

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3.1   PTN 1 - Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee: P-06-1455 Protect the junior departments of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama from closure - 26 June 2024

                                                                                                 (Pages 26 - 27)

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3.2   PTN 2 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution & Cabinet Office: Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill - Updated explanatory memorandum - 2 July 2024

                                                                                                 (Pages 28 - 36)

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3.3   PTN 3 - Letter from the Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair of the Reform Bill Committee: Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill - 10 July 2024

                                                                                                 (Pages 37 - 51)

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3.4   PTN 4 - Letter from the Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee: Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill - 10 July 2024

                                                                                                 (Pages 52 - 63)

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4       Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 1

(10.20-11.05)                                                                           (Pages 64 - 67)

David Staziker, Chief Financial Officer, Development Bank of Wales

Robert Hunter, Strategy, People and Development Director, Development Bank of Wales

 

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-16-24 P1 – Development Bank of Wales: Written evidence

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Break

(11.05-11.15)

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5       Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 2

(11.15-12.05)                                                                           (Pages 68 - 75)

David Ward, Chief Executive Officer, Tirion Group Ltd

Richard Mann, Group Chief Executive, United Welsh

Kate Pender, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Fair4allFinance

 

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-16-24 P2 – Transport for Wales: Written evidence

FIN(6)-16-24 P3 – United Welsh – Tai Ffres: Written evidence

United Welsh – Tai Ffres: https://youtu.be/gYOpU82QNaE

United Welsh – Tai Ffres: https://youtu.be/2y-lQn8pvhY

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

(12.05)                                                                                                             

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7       Financial Transactions Capital: Consideration of evidence

(12.05-12.20)                                                                                                  

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8       Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations: Consideration of key issues

(12.20-12.50)                                                                         (Pages 76 - 119)

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-16-24 P4 – Council of the Federation, Canada: Written evidence

FIN(6)-16-24 P5 – Key issues paper

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9       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Approach to budget scrutiny

(12.50-13.00)                                                                       (Pages 120 - 129)

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-16-24 P6 – Cover paper

FIN(6)-16-24 P7 – Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office: Budget timetable – 4 July 2024

FIN(6)-16-24 P8 – Letter from the Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair of Business Committee: Budget timetable – 4 July 2024

FIN(6)-16-24 P9 – Letter from the Llywydd and Chair of the Business Committee: Budget timetable – 9 July 2024

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10    Consideration of Forward Work Programme

(13.00-13.05)                                                                       (Pages 130 - 143)

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-16-24 P10 - Forward Work Programme

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11    Membership of the Wales Audit Office Board: Changes to existing commitments

(13.05-13.15)                                                                       (Pages 144 - 146)

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-16-24 P11 – Cover paper

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12    Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Update letter from the PSOW

(13.15-13.25)                                                                       (Pages 147 - 148)

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-16-24 P12 – Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales – 2 July 2024

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