Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue: Hybrid – Committee

room 3, Senedd and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 22 October 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

(09.30)                                                                                                             

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2.1   PTN1 - Letter from the Business Committee - Review of the Public Bill and Member Bill processes: publication of pre-introduction Bills - 10 October 2025

                                                                                                     (Pages 1 - 2)

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3       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Evidence session 2

(09.30-11.00)                                                                             (Pages 3 - 76)

David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies

Dr Ed Poole, Senior Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre (Wales Fiscal Analysis)

Guto Ifan, Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre (Wales Fiscal Analysis)

 

Supporting document:

Consultation response pack

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

(11.00)                                                                                                             

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5       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Consideration of evidence

(11.00-11.15)                                                                                                  

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6       British Sign Language (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report

(11.15-11.30)                                                                           (Pages 77 - 96)

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7       Update on changes to the Budget Protocol and related procedures

(11.30-11.45)                                                                         (Pages 97 - 100)

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