Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Thursday, 8 February 2018

Meeting time: 09.46 - 12.42
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4615

Private

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Simon Thomas AM (Chair) Neil Hamilton AM Mike Hedges AM Jane Hutt AM Nick Ramsay AM David Rees AM
Witnesses:	Isobel Garner, Wales Audit Office
Committee Staff:	Bethan Davies (Clerk) Catherine Hunt (Second Clerk) Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk) Georgina Owen (Deputy Clerk) Owen Holzinger (Researcher) Gareth David Thomas (Researcher) Gareth Pembridge (Legal Adviser)

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The Committee resolved on 31 January 2018 to exclude the public from the meeting

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed members to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Steffan Lewis AM.

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2 Consideration of the Auditor General for Wales nomination

2.1 The Committee further considered the preferred candidate for the nomination for AGW and agreed to consult with bodies which represent the interests of local government in Wales, in accordance with section 2(3) of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013.

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3 Financial preparedness for leaving the European Union: Scoping paper

3.1 The Committee discussed the approach to its inquiry on the Welsh Government’s financial preparedness for leaving the European Union and agreed to consider the terms of reference at a future meeting.

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4 Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Bill: Joint briefing with the Health, Social Care and Sports Committee on the conclusions of the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group's revised modelling

4.1 The Committee received a briefing from Welsh Government officials on the conclusions of the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group's revised modelling for the Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Bill.

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5 Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report

5.1 The Committee considered the draft report and agreed to consider a revised version at its meeting on 14 February 2018.

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