Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Wednesday, 19 June 2019

Meeting time: 09.02 - 12.21
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5499

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Llyr Gruffydd AM (Chair) Rhun ap Iorwerth AM Alun Davies AM Mike Hedges AM Nick Ramsay AM Mark Reckless AM
Witnesses:	Robert Chote, Office for Budget Responsibility Shaun Butcher, Office of Budget Responsibility Andy King, Office of Budget Responsibility Marcus Hanson, Office of Budget Responsibility Dr Paul Mathews, Office of Budget Responsibility Daniel Fairhead, National Audit Office Simon Reason, National Audit Office Matthew Mortlock, Wales Audit Office, Wales Audit Office Mike Usher, Wales Audit Office
Committee Staff:	Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk) Georgina Owen (Second Clerk) Samantha Williams (Deputy Clerk) Christian Tipples (Researcher)

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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 Rhianon Passmore AM.

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2 Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill; consideration of draft report

2.1 The Committee agreed the draft report with minor changes.

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3 International taxation and tax scrutiny - Background paper

3.1 The Committee considered a background paper on international taxation and tax scrutiny.

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4 Office of Budget Responsibility: Tax forecasting briefing

4.1 The Committee received a briefing from the Office of Budget Responsibility on tax forecasting.

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5 Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s capital funding sources: Private briefing from the National Audit Office and Wales Audit Office

5.1 The Committee received a briefing from the National Audit Office and the Wales Audit Office as part of its inquiry into the Welsh Government’s capital funding sources.

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6 Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s capital funding: consideration of private briefing

6.1 The Committee considered the briefing received.

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