Agenda - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:Hybrid - Committee

room 4 Ty Hywel and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 15 January 2025

Meeting time: 09.00
For further information contact:

Owain Roberts

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6388

SeneddFinance@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Registration

(08.30 - 08.45)

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Private pre-meeting

(08.45 - 09.00)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09.00)

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2 Paper(s) to note

(09.00)

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2.1 PTN 1 - Letter from the Llywydd to the Chairs' Forum: Representation on inter-parliamentary bodies - 7 January 2025

(Pages 1 - 2)

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2.2 PTN 2 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Further information from the Cabinet Secretary on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill, following his attendance at Finance Committee on 5 December – 7 January 2025

(Pages 3 - 12)

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3 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 5

(09.00 - 10.00) (Pages 13 - 74)

Cllr Lis Burnett, Leader, Vale of Glamorgan Council

Cllr Nia Jeffreys, Leader, Gwynedd Council

Cllr Andrew Morgan, Leader, Rhondda Cynon Taf Borough Council

Cllr Anthony Hunt, Leader, Torfaen County Borough Council

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-02-25 P1 – Welsh Local Government Association

Senedd Research Brief

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Break

(10.00 - 10.10)

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4 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 6

(10.10 - 11.10) (Pages 75 - 131)

Darren Hughes, Director, Welsh NHS Confederation

Catherine Phillips, Executive Director of Finance, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Chair of the Executive Directors of Finance Peer Group

Lance Carver, Chair, Association of Directors of Social Services Cymru (ADSS Cymru) and Director of Social Services at Vale of Glamorgan Council

Jane Thomas, Director of Corporate Services, Powys County Council (also the s.151 Officer representing the Society of Welsh Treasurers)

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-02-25 P2 – Welsh NHS Confederation

FIN(6)-02-25 P3 – ADSS Cymru and Welsh Local Government Association (WGLA)

Senedd Research Brief

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Break

(11.10 - 11.20)

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5 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 7

(11.20 - 12.10) (Pages 132 - 153)

Victoria Winckler, Director, Bevan Foundation

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-02-25 P4 - Bevan Foundation

Senedd Research 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.

(12.10)

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7 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Consideration of evidence

(12.10 - 12.25)

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8 The Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

(12.25 - 12.30) (Pages 154 - 156)

Supporting documents:

The Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Explanatory Memorandum

FIN(6)-02-25 P5 - Legal Services note

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9 The Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Special Tax Sites Relief) (Wales) Regulations 2025

(12.30 - 12.35) (Pages 157 - 158)

Supporting documents:

The Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Special Tax Sites Relief) (Wales) Regulations 2025

Explanatory Memorandum

FIN(6)-02-25 P6 - Legal Services note

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10 Consultation on revision of the Code of Audit Practice of the Auditor General for Wales

(12.35 - 12.40) (Pages 159 - 160)

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-02-25 P7 – Cover paper: Consultation on the Auditor General's Code of Audit Practice

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11 Audit Wales Fee Scheme 2025-26

(12.40 - 12.45) (Pages 161 - 183)

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-02-25 P8 – Fee Scheme 2025-26

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