Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 3, Senedd and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 27 March 2025

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Owain Roberts

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6388

SeneddFinance@senedd.wales


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At its meeting on 6 March, the Committee agreed a motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to exclude the public from the start of today's meeting.

 

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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       Financial implications of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report

(09.30 - 09.45)                                                                           (Pages 1 - 20)

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2       Business Committee Review of Public Bill and Member Bill processes

(09.45 - 10.00)                                                                         (Pages 21 - 25)

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3       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(10.00)                                                                                                             

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4       Paper(s) to note

                                                                                                 (Pages 26 - 36)

Minutes of the meetings held on 5 February, 12 February and 6 March.

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4.1   PTN 1 - Letter from Audit Wales: Notification of audit deadline position - 17 February 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 37 - 38)

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4.2   PTN 2 - Letter from Audit Wales: Sector Development Wales Partnership - 4 March 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 39 - 56)

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4.3   PTN 3 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Welsh Government's response to the Finance Committee's report - 3 March 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 57 - 75)

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4.4   PTN 4 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Education to Finance Committee's report recommendation 38 - 3 March 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 76 - 83)

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4.5   PTN 5 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) - 5 March 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 84 - 85)

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4.6   PTN 6 - Letter from the Senedd Commission: Senedd Reform ring-fenced budget - 14 March 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 86 - 87)

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4.7   PTN 7 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Wels Government: Leadership changes at the Welsh Revenue Authority - 21 March 2025

                                                                                                           (Page 88)

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5       Cardiff Bay 2032: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission

(10.00 - 10.30)                                                                         (Pages 89 - 99)

Hefin David MS, Commissioner for Budget and Governance, Senedd Commission

Ed Williams, Director of Senedd Resources, Senedd Commission

Andrew Gibson, Director, Avison Young

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6       Motion under Standing Orders 17.42 (iii) and 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting.

(10.30)                                                                                                             

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7       Cardiff Bay 2032: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission

(10.30 - 11.00)                                                                                                

Hefin David MS, Commissioner for Budget and Governance, Senedd Commission

Ed Williams, Director of Senedd Resources, Senedd Commission

Jan Koziel, Head of Procurement, Senedd Commission

Andrew Gibson, Director, Avison Young

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8       Cardiff Bay 2032: Consideration of evidence

(11.00 - 11.15)                                                                                                

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9       Proposed Section 150 Order in relation to the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 and the Public Services Ombudsman (for Wales) Act 2019

(11.15 - 11.30)                                                                     (Pages 100 - 109)

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10    Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum

(11.30 - 11.35)                                                                     (Pages 110 - 112)

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