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Finance Committee |
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Committee Room 2 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Wednesday, 2 July 2014 |
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Meeting time: |
09.00 - 11.09 |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Jocelyn Davies AM (Chair) Peter Black AM Christine Chapman AM Paul Davies AM Mike Hedges AM Alun Ffred Jones AM Ann Jones AM Julie Morgan AM |
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Witnesses: |
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Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Finance Jeff Andrews, Welsh Government Matt Denham Jones, Welsh Government Jo Salway, Welsh Government |
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Committee Staff: |
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Bethan Davies (Clerk) Meriel Singleton (Second Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Richard Bettley (Researcher) Martin Jennings (Researcher) |
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Transcript
View the meeting transcript.
1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to Committee. There were no apologies.
2 Scrutiny of Supplementary Budget Motion 2014-2015
2.1 The Committee took evidence from Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Finance, Jo Salway, Deputy Director, Strategic Budgeting, Welsh Government, Matt Denham-Jones, Head of Budgetary Control and Reporting, Welsh Government and Jeff Andrews, Specialist Policy Adviser on the Supplementary Budget Motion 2014-2015.
2.2 The Minister for Finance agreed to send additional information on:
· How the increased funding of £1.6million for the Welsh language will be allocated
· Examples of capital projects which have delivered cost savings and details of the outcomes
· How the £6million financial transactions funding to date has been allocated
· Further detail on the adjustment to the Education and Skills Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) relating to student loans
2.3 The Minister for Finance agreed to consider how best to disseminate details of smaller projects (under £15 million) and how these relate to Welsh Infrastructure Investment Plan.
3 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2015-16
3.1 Members discussed the forthcoming Welsh Government Draft Budget 2015-16 with Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Finance, Jo Salway, Deputy Director, Strategic Budgeting, Welsh Government, Matt Denham-Jones, Head of Budgetary Control and Reporting, Welsh Government and Jeff Andrews, Specialist Policy Adviser.
3.2 The Minister for Finance agreed to send a note on where detail on PFI schemes across the public sector is recorded.
4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:
4.1 The motion was agreed.
5 Scrutiny of Supplementary Budget Motion 2014-2015: Consideration of evidence received
5.1 Members considered the evidence received.
6 Forward Work Programme: Autumn 2014
6.1 Members considered and noted the work programme for the autumn term.