Meeting Venue: Hybrid -
Committee
room 3, Senedd
and video conference
via Zoom
Meeting date: Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Meeting time: 09.30 - 10.56
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/14726
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)
Peter Fox MS
Mike Hedges MS
Rhianon Passmore MS
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Witnesses:
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Dr Ed Poole, Senior Lecturer, Wales Governance
Centre (Wales Fiscal Analysis)
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Committee Staff:
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Owain Roberts (Clerk)
Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk)
Cerian Jones (Second Clerk)
Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk)
Martin Jennings (Researcher)
Christian Tipples (Researcher)
Ben Harris (Legal Adviser)
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<AI1>
Registration
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<AI2>
Private Pre-meeting
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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.
</AI3>
<AI4>
2
Paper(s) to note
2.1 The papers were noted.
</AI4>
<AI5>
2.1
PTN 1 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary
for Culture and Social Justice: Regulations relating to the
Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 - 17 May
2024
</AI5>
<AI6>
2.2
PTN 2 - Independent Review of the Public
Service Ombudsman for Wales's Investigation of Code of Conduct
Complaints: Final terms of reference - 20 May 2024
</AI6>
<AI7>
2.3
PTN 3 - Letter from the Llywydd and Chair
of the Business Committee: Committee remits - 22 May
2024
</AI7>
<AI8>
2.4
PTN 4 - Letter from Audit Wales:
Notification of audit deadline position - 23 May 2024
</AI8>
<AI9>
2.5
PTN 5 - Letter from Audit Wales:
Community Pharmacy Data Matching Pilot – 23 May
2024
</AI9>
<AI10>
2.6
PTN 6 - Letter from the Minister of
Finance, Northern Ireland Assembly: Fiscal Intergovernmental
Relations - 29 May 2024
</AI10>
<AI11>
2.7
PTN 7 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary
for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office: delaying of the
publication of the Welsh Government's first supplementary budget
2024-25 - 10 June 2024
</AI11>
<AI12>
2.8
PTN 8 - Letter from the Chair of Health
and Social Care Committee to the Minister for Social Care: Health
and Social Care (Wales) Bill and general scrutiny session - 12 June
2024
</AI12>
<AI13>
2.9
PTN 9 - Letter from the Trefnydd and
Chief Whip on the financial implications of the Senedd Cymru
(Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill – 31 May 2024
</AI13>
<AI14>
2.10 PTN 10 -
Letter from the Trefnydd and Chief Whip: Senedd Cymru (Electoral
Candidate Lists) Bill - 14 June 2024
</AI14>
<AI15>
2.11 PTN 11 -
Joint letter from the Legislation, Justice and Constitution
Committee and the Finance Committee: Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to
Modify) Act 2022: Section 6 (Review of operation and effect of this
Act) - 7 June 2024
</AI15>
<AI16>
3
Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations:
Evidence session 7
3.1 The Committee took evidence on its inquiry
into Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations from Ed Poole, Senior
Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre (Wales Fiscal Analysis).
</AI16>
<AI17>
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.
</AI17>
<AI18>
5
Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations:
Consideration of evidence
5.1 The Committee considered the evidence
received.
</AI18>
<AI19>
6
Changes to the Budget Protocol -
Responses from the Directly Funded Bodies
6.1 The Committee considered the paper on
changes to the Budget Process Protocol, and the responses received
from Audit Wales and the Senedd Commission.
6.2 The Committee agreed to write to the
Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office on
issues relating to the Budget Process Protocol and other budgetary
matters, and to send a copy of the letter to the Directly Funded
Bodies.
</AI19>
<AI20>
7
Consultation with Senedd Committees on
Draft Budget Scrutiny
7.1 The Committee noted the letters submitted
by Senedd Committees and considered the issues raised on their
experiences of scrutinising the Welsh Government’s Draft
Budget.
7.2 The Committee agreed to write to the
Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office,
highlighting the views expressed by Senedd Committees on their
experiences of scrutinising the Welsh Government’s Draft
Budget.
</AI20>
<AI21>
8
Membership of the Wales Audit Office
Board: Response from Audit Wales
8.1 The Committee noted the response from
Audit Wales on membership of the Wales Audit Office Board and
agreed to write back, seeking an update on changes to the Public
Audit (Wales) Act 2013, that Audit Wales would like to be brought
forward.
</AI21>
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