Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 15 May 2019

Meeting time: 10.05 - 12.05
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5497

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Llyr Gruffydd AM (Chair) Rhun ap Iorwerth AM Alun Davies AM Mike Hedges AM Rhianon Passmore AM Nick Ramsay AM
Witnesses:	Stuart Pearson, Capital Law Gwyn Llewelyn, KPMG
Committee Staff:	Bethan Davies (Clerk) Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk) Ryan Bishop (Deputy Clerk) Martin Jennings (Researcher) Christian Tipples (Researcher)

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1 Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report

1.1 The Committee agreed the report, subject to amendments.

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2 Inquiry into the funding of directly funded bodies: Consideration of correspondence

2.1 The Committee considered the responses from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd and the directly funded bodies and agreed the proposed changes.

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3 Public Services Ombudsman for Wales first Supplementary Budget 2019-20

3.1 The Committee considered and noted the First supplementary budget request from the Public Service Ombudsman.

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4 Wales Audit Office and Auditor General for Wales first Supplementary Budget 2019-20

4.1 The Committee considered and noted the First supplementary budget requests from the Wales Audit Office and the Auditor General for Wales.

4.2 The Committee noted that the Wales Audit Office’s supplementary budget included a revised accounting approach, and agreed to question the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd further at her appearance before Committee in June.

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5 Assembly Commission First Supplementary Budget 2019-20

5.1 The Committee considered and noted the First supplementary budget request from the Assembly Commission.

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6 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

6.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

6.2 Apologies were received from Neil Hamilton AM.

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7 Paper(s) to note

7.1 The Committee noted and agreed the minutes of the meeting held on 9 May.

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8 Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s capital funding sources: Evidence session 4

8.1 The Committee took evidence from Gwyn Llewelyn, Director, Infrastructure Advisory, KPMG LLP and Stuart Pearson, Senior Associate - Construction, Energy and Projects, Capital Law on the Welsh Government’s capital funding sources.

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9 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting, the meeting on 23 May 2019 and the start of the meeting on 5 June 2019

9.1 The motion was agreed.

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10 Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s capital funding sources: Consideration of evidence

10. The Committee considered the evidence received.

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