Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 7 June 2017

Meeting time: 09.40 - 11.48
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4162

Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Simon Thomas AM (Chair) Mike Hedges AM Eluned Morgan AM David Rees AM Steffan Lewis AM Nick Ramsay AM
Witnesses:	Andrew Hobden, Welsh Government Matthew Mortlock, Wales Audit Office, Wales Audit Office Martin Peters, Wales Audit Office Jonathan Price, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Catherine Hunt (Second Clerk) Gemma Gifford (Deputy Clerk) Katie Wyatt (Legal Adviser) Sulafa Thomas

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1. The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting

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2 Paper(s) to note

2. The papers were noted

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3 Inquiry into the financial estimates accompanying legislation: Evidence Session 1

3.1 The Committee took evidence from the Wales Audit Office officials.

3.2 The officials agreed to provide a note to the Committee detailing the full costings related to the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 for the Wales Audit Office in the year 2016-17.

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4 Inquiry into the financial estimates accompanying legislation: Evidence Session 2

4.1 The Committee took evidence from Welsh Government officials.

4.2 The officials agreed to provide further information on the actual costs of the four Acts being covered in the inquiry;

· Social Services and Wellbeing Act 2014;

· Qualification (Wales) Act 2015;

· Housing (Wales) Act 2014 and

· Well-Being of Future Generations Act 2015

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5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

5. The motion was agreed.

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6 Inquiry into the financial estimates accompanying legislation: Consideration of evidence

6. The Committee considered the evidence received.

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7 Abolition of the Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Bill: Consideration of the draft report

7. The Committee agreed the draft report.

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8 Oversight of the Wales Audit Office Board Recruitment

8. The Committee agreed the next stages of the Wales Audit Office recruitment and the contracts for incoming Board Members.

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