Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 4 Ty Hywel and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 7 May 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       Introduction, 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- Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill: Welsh Government's response to the Finance Committee's report - 25 April 2025

                                                                                                   (Pages 1 - 18)

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2.2   PTN 2 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill – Revised Regulatory Impact Assessment - 28 April 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 19 - 22)

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2.3   PTN 3 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Inter-Ministerial Group for Business and Industry (IMG) - 30 April 2025

                                                                                                           (Page 23)

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2.4   PTN 4 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Tourism Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) - 29 April 2025

                                                                                                           (Page 24)

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2.5   PTN 5 - Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Review into operations, processes and investigations - Councillor Code of Conduct Complaints - 29 April 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 25 - 38)

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2.6   PTN 6 - Second Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Welsh Government response - 30 April 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 39 - 55)

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3       Post-legislative review of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019: Evidence session 2

(09.30 - 10.10)                                                                         (Pages 56 - 84)

Margaret Kelly, Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman

Andrew Crawford, Acting Scottish Public Services Ombudsman

Ger Deering, Office of the Ombudsman (Ireland), Ombudsman and Information Commissioner for Ireland

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Break

(10.10 - 10.20)

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4       Post-legislative review of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019: Evidence session 3

(10.20 - 11.00)                                                                       (Pages 85 - 104)

Nick Bennett, former Public Services Ombudsman for Wales

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Break

(11.00 - 11.10)

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5       Bus Services (Wales) Bill: Evidence session

(11.10 - 12.10)                                                                     (Pages 105 - 124)

Ken Skates MS, Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales, Welsh Government

Alex Walters, Deputy Director, Public and Integrated Transport, Welsh Government

Andrew Hobden, Economist, Welsh Government

James Burgess, Head of Bus and Community Transport, Welsh Government

 

Supporting documents:

Bus Services (Wales) Bill, as introduced

Explanatory Memorandum

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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       Bus Services (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

(12.10 - 12.25)                                                                                                

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8       Post-legislative review of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019: Consideration of evidence

(12.25 - 12:40)                                                                                                

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9       First Supplementary Budget 2025-26: Directly Funded Bodies

(12.40 - 12.50)                                                                     (Pages 125 - 150)

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