Concise Minutes - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 14 February 2018

Meeting time: 09.01 - 12.02
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4616


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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:

Mark Drakeford AM, Cabinet Secretary for Finance

Matthew Denham-Jones, Welsh Government

Gawain Evans, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

Bethan Davies (Clerk)

Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk)

Georgina Owen (Deputy Clerk)

Martin Jennings (Researcher)

Christian Tipples (Researcher)

Katie Wyatt (Legal Adviser)

Daniel Greenberg (Independent Advisor)

 

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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       Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1   PTN1 - Letter from the Welsh Revenue Authority - Cross border land titles and WRA taxpayer repayments - 30 January 2018

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2.2   PTN2 - Letter from the Chair to the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Bill - 8 February 2018

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2.3   PTN3 - Letter from the Chair to the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Bill - 30 January 2018

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2.4   PTN4 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services - Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Bill - 9 February 2018

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3       Second Supplementary Budget 2017-18: Evidence session

3.1 The Committee took evidence from Mark Drakeford AM, Cabinet Secretary for Finance; Gawain Evans, Director of Finance, Welsh Government; and Matthew Denham-Jones, Deputy Director, Financial Controls, Welsh Government on the Second Supplementary Budget 2017-18.

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

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5       Second Supplementary Budget 2017-18: Consideration of evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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

6.1 The Committee considered and agreed its draft report with minor changes.

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7       Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016: Tax Statutory Instrument

7.1 The Committee considered the Tax Collection and Management (Reimbursement Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2018 and agreed to report.

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8       Legislative budget process

8.1 The Committee held an informal session with Daniel Greenberg, a barrister specialising in legislation.

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