Agenda - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 12 February 2025

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 Expert Advisory Group on Childcare (EAGC) to the Minister for Children and Social Care - 27 January 2025

                                                                                                     (Pages 1 - 3)

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2.2   PTN 2 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: HS2 Funding - 4 February 2025

                                                                                                     (Pages 4 - 6)

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2.3   PTN 3 - Letter from Audit Wales: National Insurance uplift 2025-26 - 4 February 2025

                                                                                                     (Pages 7 - 8)

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2.4   PTN 4 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Memorandum of understanding - The use of UK government funding for city and regional growth deals - 5 February 2025

                                                                                                             (Page 9)

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2.5   PTN 5 - Response from the Welsh Local Government Association to a question that wasn't reached during an evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill - 6 February 2025

                                                                                                           (Page 10)

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3       Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 11

(09.30 - 11.30)                                                                         (Pages 11 - 38)

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

Anna Adams, Deputy Director, Tax Strategy and Intergovernmental Relations

Nicholas Lambert, Senior Lawyer, Treasury and Procurement Team, Legal Services Department

Emma Anderson, Solicitor, Education (Schools), Culture, Media, Sport & Tourism Team, Legal Services Department

David Greenhough, Head of Visitor Levy, Tax Strategy and Intergovernmental Relations

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

(11.30)                                                                                                             

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5       Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Consideration of key issues

(11.30 - 12.25)                                                                                                

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

(12.25 - 12.30)                                                                         (Pages 39 - 43)

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