Agenda - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 5 Tŷ Hywel and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 24 September 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 18 September 2025, 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       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 - Pre-budget scrutiny: Chief Economist

(09.30 - 10.15)                                                                           (Pages 1 - 29)

Thomas Nicholls, Chief Economist, Welsh Treasury

Ceri Greenall, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Welsh Treasury

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Break

(10.15 - 10.30)

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Public

 

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2       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(10.30)                                                                                                             

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3       Financial implications of the British Sign Language (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2

(10.30 - 11.25)                                                                         (Pages 30 - 46)

Mark Isherwood MS, Member in Charge of the Bill

Gareth Rogers, Bill Manager, Senedd Commission

Martin Jennings, Senedd Research, Senedd Commission

 

Supporting documents:

British Sign Language (Wales) Bill, as introduced

 

British Sign Language (Wales) Bill, as introduced (Introduction to the Bill in British Sign Language)

 

Explanatory Memorandum

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

(11.25)                                                                                                             

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5       Financial implications of the British Sign Language (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

(11.25 - 11.40)                                                                                                

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6       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 - Pre-budget scrutiny - Chief Economist: Consideration of evidence

(11.40 - 11.50)                                                                                                

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7       Post-legislative review of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019: Consideration of draft report

(11.50 - 12.00)                                                                       (Pages 47 - 111)

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