Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 2, Senedd and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 26 June 2025

Meeting time: 09.00
For further information contact:

Owain Roberts

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6388

SeneddFinance@senedd.wales


Hybrid

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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       Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09.00)                                                                                                             

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2       Paper(s) to note

(09.00)                                                                                          (Pages 1 - 7)

Minutes of the meetings held on 4 June and 11 June.

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2.1   PTN 1 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement: Intergovernmental Relations Annual Report - 5 June 2025

                                                                                                             (Page 8)

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2.2   PTN 2 - Letter from the First Minister: Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement: Council of the Nations and Regions and other intergovernmental meetings- 9 June 2025

                                                                                                             (Page 9)

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2.3   PTN 3 - Letter from the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) - 13 June 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 10 - 11)

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2.4   PTN 4 - Letter from third sector providers of supported living across Wales to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: National Insurance pressures on third sector supported living providers - 10 June 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 12 - 14)

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2.5   PTN 5 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales: Additional information on the Bus Services (Wales) Bill - 12 June 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 15 - 23)

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3       First Supplementary Budget 2025-26: Evidence session

(09.00 - 10.00)                                                                         (Pages 24 - 48)

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

Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury, Welsh Government

Sharon Bounds, Deputy Director, Financial Controls, Welsh Government

 

Supporting documents:

First Supplementary Budget 2025-26 (PDF, 355KB)

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

(10.00)                                                                                                             

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5       First Supplementary Budget 2025-26: Consideration of evidence

(10.00 - 10.15)                                                                                                

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6       Changes to the Budget Process Protocol and related budgetary procedures

(10.15 - 10.30)                                                                         (Pages 49 - 63)

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