Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 3, Senedd and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 29 January 2026

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Owain Roberts

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

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

                                                                                                   (Pages 1 - 19)

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2.1   PTN 1 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Gender Budgeting - 19 January 2026

                                                                                                 (Pages 20 - 22)

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2.2   PTN 2 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Welsh Government response to the Finance Committee's report - 23 January 2026

                                                                                                 (Pages 23 - 45)

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3       Pre-nomination Hearing - Auditor General for Wales

(09.30 - 10.30)                                                                         (Pages 46 - 60)

Catherine Mealing-Jones - Preferred Candidate for Auditor General for Wales

 

Paper 1 – Curriculum Vitae for Catherine Mealing-Jones

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

(10.30)                                                                                                             

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5       Pre-nomination Hearing - Auditor General for Wales: Consideration of hearing

(10.30 - 10.45)                                                                                                

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6       The Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (Amendments to Schedule 5) Regulations 2026

(10.45 - 11.00)                                                                         (Pages 61 - 63)

Supporting documents:

The Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (Amendments to Schedule 5) Regulations 2026

 

Explanatory memorandum

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7       The Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Relief for Acquisitions Involving Multiple Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2026

(11.00 - 11.15)                                                                         (Pages 64 - 65)

Supporting documents

The Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Relief for Acquisitions Involving Multiple Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2026

 

Explanatory Memorandum

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