Concise Minutes - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Thursday, 15 November 2018

Meeting time: 09.06 - 11.41
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5140


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Attendance

Category

Names

Assembly Members:

Llyr Gruffydd AM (Chair)

Rhun ap Iorwerth AM

Neil Hamilton AM

Mike Hedges AM

Jane Hutt AM

Nick Ramsay AM

David Rees AM

Witnesses:

Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner

Sara Jones, Wales Retail Consortium

Joshua Miles, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)

Cathy Madge, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

Committee Staff:

Bethan Davies (Clerk)

Georgina Owen (Deputy Clerk)

Martin Jennings (Researcher)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

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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 Chair of the Petitions Committee - P-05-840 Fair Funding for Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council and all other Local Authorities - 6 November 2018

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3       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2019-20: Evidence session 8 (Economic growth panel)

3.1 The Committee took evidence from Joshua Miles, Policy Manager, FSB Wales and Sara Jones, Head of the Welsh Retail Consortium.

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4       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2019-20: Evidence session 9 (Future Generations Commissioner for Wales)

4.1 The Committee took evidence from Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales and Cathy Madge, Lead Change Maker, Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales.

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

5.1 The motion was agreed.

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6       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2019-20: Consideration of evidence

6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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7       Wales Audit Office and the Auditor General for Wales's Estimate 2019-20: Consideration of draft report

7.1 The Committee agreed the report with minor changes.

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8       Public Services Ombudsman for Wales Estimates 2019-20: Consideration of draft report

8.1 The Committee agreed the report with minor changes.</AI9>

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