Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 5 Ty Hywel and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 8 January 2025

Meeting time: 09.00
For further information contact:

Owain Roberts

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6388

SeneddFinance@senedd.wales


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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 Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: The Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - 10 December 2024

                                                                                                     (Pages 1 - 6)

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2.2   PTN 2 - Letter from the Chair of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee: Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill – Stage 1 scrutiny - 11 December 2024

                                                                                                     (Pages 7 - 8)

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2.3   PTN 3 - Letter to the Chair of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee: Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill - Stage 1 scrutiny - 16 December 2024

                                                                                                   (Pages 9 - 10)

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2.4   PTN 4 - Letter from the Minister for Children and Social Care to the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee: Further information on Stage 2 non-Government amendments - 17 December 2024

                                                                                                 (Pages 11 - 15)

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2.5   PTN 5 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Report on Outturn 2023-24 - 20 December 2024

                                                                                                 (Pages 16 - 48)

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2.6   PTN 6 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Additional information following the Committee's Draft Budget scrutiny session on 12 December - 20 December 2024

                                                                                                 (Pages 49 - 50)

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2.7   PTN 7 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Written evidence from Cymdeithas yr Iaith

                                                                                                 (Pages 51 - 52)

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2.8   PTN 8 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Written evidence from Flintshire County Council

                                                                                                 (Pages 53 - 57)

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2.9   PTN 9 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Written evidence from Tenovus Cancer Care

                                                                                                 (Pages 58 - 59)

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2.10 PTN 10 - Letter from the Public Ombudsman for Wales regarding an appeal hearing of a former councillor - 17 December 2024

                                                                                                           (Page 60)

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3       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 2

(09.00 - 09.50)                                                                       (Pages 61 - 181)

Richard Hughes, Chair, Office for Budget Responsibility

Tom Josephs, Budget Responsibility Committee member, Office for Budget Responsibility

Professor David Miles, Budget Responsibility Committee member, Office for Budget Responsibility

 

Supporting documents:

Consultation response pack

FIN(6)-01-25 P1 - Summary of consultation responses

FIN(6)-01-25 P2 - Welsh taxes outlook (December 2024)

Senedd Research Brief

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Break

(09.50 - 10.00)

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

(10.00 - 11.00)                                                                     (Pages 182 - 197)

David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies

Dr Ed Poole, Senior Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre (Wales Fiscal Analysis)

Guto Ifan, Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre (Wales Fiscal Analysis)

 

Supporting documents:

Senedd Research Brief

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Break

(11.00 - 11.10)

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

(11.10 - 12.10)                                                                     (Pages 198 - 249)

Victoria Vasey, Director, Women’s Equality Network (WEN) Wales / Wales Women’s Budget Group (WWBG)

Simon Hatch, Director, Citizens Advice Cymru

Natalie Zhivkova, Policy & Insights Manager, Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA)

 

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-01-25 P3 - Women’s Equality Network (WEN) Wales / Wales Women’s Budget Group (WWBG)

FIN(6)-01-25 P4 - Citizens Advice Cymru

FIN(6)-01-25 P5 - Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA)

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 - 12.30)                                                                                                

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