Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue: Hybrid – Committee room 5 Tŷ Hywel and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 11 February 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       Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

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2       Paper(s) to note

(09.30)                                                                                          (Pages 1 - 6)

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2.1   PTN 1 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill - Revised Explanatory Memorandum and Regulatory Impact Assessment - 27 January 2026

                                                                                                     (Pages 7 - 9)

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2.2   PTN 2 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language to the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs (ETRA) Committee: Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill - 27 January 2026

                                                                                                 (Pages 10 - 15)

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2.3   PTN 3 - Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Further information from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government to the Finance Committee's report recommendations - 28 January 2026

                                                                                                 (Pages 16 - 19)

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2.4   PTN 4 - Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Further information from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government to the Local Government and Housing Committee's report recommendations - 28 January 2026

                                                                                                 (Pages 20 - 21)

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2.5   PTN 5 - Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Further information from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee's report recommendations - 28 January 2026

                                                                                                 (Pages 22 - 28)

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2.6   PTN 6 - Joint letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, and the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 - 28 January 2026

                                                                                                 (Pages 29 - 31)

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2.7   PTN 7 - Letter from the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery to the Member Accountability Bill Committee: Financial resolution for the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill - 2 February 2026

                                                                                                 (Pages 32 - 33)

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2.8   PTN 8 -  Letter from Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill - Revised Explanatory Memorandum - 3 February 2026

                                                                                                 (Pages 34 - 35)

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2.9   PTN 9 - Annual scrutiny of the Wales Audit Office and the Auditor General for Wales: Response from Audit Wales to the Committee's report - 3 February 2026

                                                                                                 (Pages 36 - 42)

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3       Finance Committee Legacy work - Sixth Senedd: Evidence session

(09.30 - 10.30)                                                                         (Pages 43 - 59)

Mark Drakeford MS, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language

 

Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury, Welsh Government

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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       Finance Committee Legacy work - Sixth Senedd: Consideration of evidence

(10.30 - 10:45)                                                                                                

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6       Nomination of the Auditor General for Wales: Consideration of draft report

(10.45 - 11.00)                                                                         (Pages 60 - 77)

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7       Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum: Consideration of the Forum’s draft legacy report

(11.00 - 11:15)                                                                         (Pages 78 - 89)

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8       Nomination of the Auditor General for Wales: Consideration of the Memorandum for the Accounting Officer of the Wales Audit Office

(11.15 - 11.30)                                                                         (Pages 90 - 95)

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9       Draft Public Audit (Amendment) (Wales) Bill: Update

(11.30 - 11.45)                                                                       (Pages 96 - 117)

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