Agenda - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: 1 October 2015

Meeting time: 09.00
For further information contact:

Bethan Davies

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddFinance@Assembly.Wales

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1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions

(09.00)                                                                                                             

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2 Papers to note

(09.00)                                                                                          (Pages 1 - 3)

Attached Documents:

Minutes of Previous Meeting

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3 Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2

(09.00 - 09.45)                                                                             (Pages 4 - 7)

Eleanor Emberson, Chief Executive, Revenue Scotland

Colin Miller, Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Bill Team Leader

Research briefing

Attached Documents:

Research briefing

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4 Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3

(09.45 - 10.30)                                                                           (Pages 8 - 17)

Geoff Yapp, Deputy Director, Corporation Tax, International and Stamps, Head of Stamp Taxes, HMRC

Doug Stoneham, Senior Policy Adviser, Devolution, HMRC

Paper 1 – HMRC consultation response

Research briefing

Attached Documents:

FIN(4)-20-15 P1 HMRC Consultation Response

Research briefing

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Break (10.30 - 10.45)

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5 Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4

(10.45 - 11.30)                                                                         (Pages 18 - 23)

Isobel Moore, Head of Business, Regulation and Economics, Natural Resources Wales

Rebecca Favager, Waste and Resources Manager, Natural Resources Wales

Paper 2 – Natural Resources Wales consultation response

Research briefing

Attached Documents:

FIN(4)-20-15 P2 Natural Resources Wales Consultation Response

Research briefing

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6 Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5

(11.30 - 12.30)                                                                         (Pages 24 - 40)

John Cullinane, Tax Policy Director, Chartered Institute of Taxation

Claire Thackaberry, Technical Officer, Low Incomes Tax Reform Group

Paper 3 - Chartered Institute of Taxation consultation response

Paper 4 - Low Incomes Tax Reform Group consultation response

Research briefing

Attached Documents:

FIN(4)-20-15 P3 Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) Consultation Response

FIN(4)-20-15 P4 Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) Consultation Response

Research briefing

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7 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

(12.30)                                                                                                             

Item 8

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8 Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

(12.30 - 12.45)                                                                                                

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Lunch break (12.45 - 13.30)

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Public

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9 Assembly Commission draft budget 2016-17: Evidence session 1

(13.30 - 14.30)                                                                         (Pages 41 - 78)

David Melding AM, Acting Assembly Commissioner

Claire Clancy, Chief Executive and Clerk of the Assembly

Nicola Callow, Director of Finance

Paper 5 – Assembly Commission draft budget 2016-17

Attached Documents:

FIN(4)-20-15 P5 Assembly Commission Draft Budget 2016-17

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10 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

(14.30)                                                                                                             

Items 11, 12 and 13 of today’s meeting and item 1 of the meeting scheduled for 7 October 2015

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11 Assembly Commission draft budget 2016-17: Consideration of evidence

(14.30 - 14.45)                                                                                                

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12 Welsh Government Report on Outturn 2014-15

(14.45 - 14.55)                                                                         (Pages 79 - 90)

Paper 6 - Letter to Chair of Finance Committee from Minister for Finance and Government Business

Attached Documents:

FIN(4)-20-15 P6 WG Report on Outturn 2014-2015

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13 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2016-17

(14.55 - 15.00)                                                                         (Pages 91 - 94)

Paper 7 - Letter to Chair of Finance Committee from Minister for Finance and Government Business

Attached Documents:

FIN(4)-20-15 P7 Letter from the Minister for Finance on the Welsh Government's Draft Budget 2016-17

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