Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 3, Senedd and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 23 October 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

(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 Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) - 16 October 2024

                                                                                                     (Pages 1 - 2)

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2.2   PTN 2 - Letter from the Petition's Committee: Petition P-06-1403 Reconsider cuts to Postgraduate funding and increase Doctoral Loans to match UKRI Stipend - 16 October 2024

                                                                                                     (Pages 3 - 4)

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2.3   PTN 3 - Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Welsh Government response to the Finance Committee's report recommendations - 18 October 2024

                                                                                                   (Pages 5 - 12)

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3       Financial implications of the Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session

(09.30-10.30)                                                                           (Pages 13 - 39)

Mark Drakeford MS, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, Welsh Government

Bethan Webb, Deputy Director, Cymraeg 2050, Welsh Government

Joanne Corke, Head of Research, Education, Social Justice and Welsh Language Group, Welsh Government

 

Supporting documents:

Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill, as introduced

Explanatory Memorandum

Senedd Research 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       Financial implications of the Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

(10.30-10.45)                                                                                                  

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6       Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Consideration of draft report

(10.45-11.10)                                                                           (Pages 40 - 80)

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-22-24 P1 – Draft report

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7       Consideration of the financial implications of the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill

(11.10-11.20)                                                                                                  

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-22-24 P2 – Cover paper (To be included in a supplementary pack)

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