Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 4 Ty Hywel and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 5 December 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)                                                                                          (Pages 1 - 6)

Minutes of the meetings held on 23 October and 7 November.

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2.1   PTN 1 - Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Senedd Commission response to the Committee's report recommendations - 5 November 2024

                                                                                                   (Pages 7 - 16)

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2.2   PTN 2 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Section 150 order of the Government of Wales Act 2006 - 6 November 2024

                                                                                                 (Pages 17 - 23)

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2.3   PTN 3 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Further information on the Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - 12 November 2024

                                                                                                 (Pages 24 - 26)

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2.4   PTN 4 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Second Supplementary Budget 2024-25 - 15 November 2024

                                                                                                           (Page 27)

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2.5   PTN 5 - Welsh Government response to the Finance Committee's report on Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations - 25 November 2024

                                                                                                 (Pages 28 - 43)

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2.6   PTN 6 - Letter from the Chair of the Local Government and Housing Committee: Local Government Funding Formula - 20 November 2024

                                                                                                           (Page 44)

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3       Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1

(09.30-11.30)                                                                           (Pages 45 - 78)

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

Anna Adams, Deputy Director, Tax Strategy and Intergovernmental Relations, Welsh Government

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

Emma Anderson, Solicitor, Education (Schools), Culture, Media, Sport and Tourism Team, Welsh Government

 

Supporting document:

Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill, as introduced (PDF, 355KB)

Explanatory Memorandum (PDF, 2.6KB)

Statement of policy intent (PDF, 280KB)

Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Indicative Stage 2 amendments that the Welsh Government intends to table – 26 November 2024

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.

(11.30)                                                                                                             

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

(11.30-11.45)                                                                                                  

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6       Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report

(11.45-12.15)                                                                           (Pages 79 - 99)

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-26-24 P1 – Draft report

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