Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 3, Senedd and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 5 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

                                                                                                                          

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2.1   PTN 1 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Interministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) - 27 January 2025

                                                                                                             (Page 1)

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2.2   PTN 2 - Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Response to the Committee's report on the Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales - 24 January 2025

                                                                                                     (Pages 2 - 5)

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2.3   PTN 3 - Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Response to the Committee's report on the Annual Scrutiny of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales - 24 January 2025

                                                                                                   (Pages 6 - 12)

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2.4   PTN 4 - Letter from Audit Wales: Response to the Committee's report on the Annual scrutiny of the Wales Audit Office and the Auditor General for Wales - 23 January 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 13 - 21)

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2.5   PTN 5 - Letter from the Llywydd and Chair of the Senedd Commission: Cardiff Bay 2032 project - 28 January 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 22 - 23)

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2.6   PTN 6 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Memorandum of Understanding between the UK government and the Welsh Government: Investment zones - 29 January 2025

                                                                                                           (Page 24)

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2.7   PTN 7 - Letter from the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of Welsh Rates of Income Tax 2023-24 - 29 January 2025

                                                                                                           (Page 25)

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2.8   PTN 8 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Written information from Sparkle (Children's Charity) - 29 January 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 26 - 27)

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3       Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 9

(09.30 - 10.30)                                                                         (Pages 28 - 85)

Rowland Rees-Evans, Chair, Wales Tourism Alliance

David Chapman, Executive Director, Wales, UK Hospitality Cymru

Roy Church, Co-Chair, Welsh Association of Visitor Attractions

 

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-05-25 P1 – Wales Tourism Alliance

FIN(6)-05-25 P2 – UK Hospitality Cymru

FIN(6)-05-25 P3 – Welsh Association of Visitor Attractions

FIN(6)-05-25 P4 – Additional evidence: Welsh Association of Visitor Attractions

Senedd Research Brief

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Break

(10.30 - 10.40)

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4       Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10

(10.40 - 11.40)                                                                       (Pages 86 - 131)

Zoë Hawkins, Chief Executive, MWT Cymru

Emma Thornton, Chief Executive, Visit Pembrokeshire

Jim Jones, Managing Director, North Wales Tourism

Iwan Thomas, Chief Executive, PLANED

 

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-05-25 P5 – MWT Cymru

FIN(6)-05-25 P6 – Visit Pembrokeshire

FIN(6)-05-25 P7 – North Wales Tourism

FIN(6)-05-25 P8 – PLANED

Senedd Research Brief

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

                                                                                                                          

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

(11.40 - 12.00)                                                                                                

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