Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: 13 March 2019

Meeting time: 09.00
For further information contact:

Bethan Davies

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6372

SeneddFinance@assembly.wales


------

<AI1>

1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

09:00                                                                                                               

</AI1>

<AI2>

2       Paper(s) to note

09:00                                                                                            (Pages 1 - 6)

</AI2>

<AI3>

2.1   Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services: Autism (Wales) Bill Stage 1 Scrutiny - Welsh Government response

                                                                                                   (Pages 7 - 12)

</AI3>

<AI4>

2.2   Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd: Welsh Government's tax policy work plan for 2019

                                                                                                 (Pages 13 - 18)

</AI4>

<AI5>

2.3   Letter from the Wales Audit Office: Civil service pension scheme – increase to employer contributions 2019

                                                                                                 (Pages 19 - 20)

</AI5>

<AI6>

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

09:00                                                                                                               

</AI6>

<AI7>

4       Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill - Technical briefing

09:00-10:00                                                                             (Pages 21 - 23)

Assembly Commission officials

·         Anna Daniel, Head of Strategic Transformation Service

·         Matthew Richards, Head of Legal Services

·         Tom Jackson, Clerk/Bill Manager- Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill, Strategic Transformation Service.

 

Welsh Government Officials

·         Angharad Thomas Richards; Local Government Democracy Division

·         Sian Williams, Democracy, Local Government Democracy Division.

 

Paper 1 - Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill - Technical briefing note

</AI7>

<AI8>

5       Scoping paper: Directly funded bodies' annual budget proposals

10:00-10:30                                                                             (Pages 24 - 39)

Paper 2 - Scoping paper

Paper 3 - Letter from Suzy Davies, Assembly Commissioner - 31 January 2019

Paper 4 - Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales – 4 February 2019

Paper 5 - Letter from Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – 11 February 2019

Paper 6 - Letter from the Auditor General for Wales – 22 February 2019

</AI8>

<AI9>

6       Concurrent scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2019-20: Consideration of draft report

10:30-10:50                                                                             (Pages 40 - 65)

Paper 7 - Concurrent scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2019-20: Draft report

Paper 8 – Letter from the Equality and Human Rights Commission – 21 February

</AI9>

<TRAILER_SECTION>

</TRAILER_SECTION>

<LAYOUT_SECTION>

1.          FIELD_TITLE

FIELD_FOOTNOTE                                                                                                                                      F_PR

FIELD_SUMMARY

</LAYOUT_SECTION>

<TITLE_ONLY_LAYOUT_SECTION>

2.          FIELD_TITLE

FIELD_FOOTNOTE                                                                                                                                      F_PR

</TITLE_ONLY_LAYOUT_SECTION>

<HEADING_LAYOUT_SECTION>

FIELD_TITLE

FIELD_FOOTNOTE

</HEADING_LAYOUT_SECTION>

<TITLED_COMMENT_LAYOUT_SECTION>

FIELD_TITLE

FIELD_FOOTNOTE

FIELD_SUMMARY

</TITLED_COMMENT_LAYOUT_SECTION>

 

<COMMENT_LAYOUT_SECTION>

FIELD_SUMMARY

</COMMENT_LAYOUT_SECTION>

<SUBNUMBER_LAYOUT_SECTION>

2.1.          FIELD_TITLE

FIELD_FOOTNOTE                                                                                                                                      F_PR

FIELD_SUMMARY

</SUBNUMBER_LAYOUT_SECTION>

 

<TITLE_ONLY_SUBNUMBER_LAYOUT_SECTION>

2.2.          FIELD_TITLE

FIELD_FOOTNOTE                                                                                                                                      F_PR

</TITLE_ONLY_SUBNUMBER_LAYOUT_SECTION>