Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: 19 September 2019

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Bethan Davies

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6372

SeneddFinance@assembly.wales


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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09:30)                                                                                                             

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2       Paper(s) to note

(09:30-09:40)                                                                               (Pages 1 - 9)

Minutes of the meeting held on 3 July 2019

Minutes of the meeting held on 11 July 2019

Minutes of the meeting held on 17 July 2019

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2.1   Letter from Llywydd to Chair of Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Voting rights for prisoners 23 July 2019

                                                                                                 (Pages 10 - 12)

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2.2   Letter from Minister for Finance and Trefnydd - Statement of Principles for Directly Funded Bodies - 19 July 2019

                                                                                                 (Pages 13 - 14)

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2.3   Letter from Minister for Finance and Trefnydd to Mike Hedges - Financial transactions capital - 16 August 2019

                                                                                                 (Pages 15 - 16)

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2.4   Letter from the Welsh Government to the Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP -  Written evidence to Treasury Committee inquiry into regional imbalances in UK economy - 9 August 2019

                                                                                                 (Pages 17 - 37)

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2.5   Letter from Future Generations Commissioner - Involvement in first Future Generations Report - 9 August 2019

                                                                                                 (Pages 38 - 39)

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2.6   Response from Minister for Finance and Trefnydd to Committee's report on Scrutiny of Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2019-20 - 19 August 2019

                                                                                                 (Pages 40 - 52)

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3       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from part of the meeting (Items 4-9 and 11-12)

(09.40)                                                                                                             

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4       Consideration of scoping paper on retention payments in the construction sector

(09:40-09:50)                                                                           (Pages 53 - 59)

Paper 1 - Scoping paper on retention payments in the construction sector

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5       Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill: Consideration of correspondence

(09:50-10:10)                                                                           (Pages 60 - 70)

Paper 2 – Response from the Llywydd to the Finance Committee’s report and recommendations on the financial implications of the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill

 

Paper 3 – Letter from the Counsel General on the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill – 3 September 2019

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6       Wales Audit Office - Value for money study: Travel allowances

(10:10-10:30)                                                                           (Pages 71 - 73)

Paper 4 – Wales Audit Office value for money study into travel allowances

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7       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21: Appointment of expert adviser

(10:30-10:40)                                                                           (Pages 74 - 79)

Paper 5 – Application for the role of expert adviser

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8       Consideration of forward work programme

(10:40-10:50)                                                                           (Pages 80 - 85)

Paper 6 – Forward work programme for the Finance Committee

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9       Consideration of letter from the Llywydd - Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019 and amending Standing Orders

(10:50-11:00)                                                                           (Pages 86 - 87)

Paper 7 – Letter from the Llywydd on the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019 and amending Standing Orders

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10    Inquiry into a legislative budget process: Evidence session 4

(11:00-12:00)                                                                         (Pages 88 - 107)

Dr Joachim Wehner, Associate Professor in Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science

 

Research brief

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11    Inquiry into a legislative budget process: Consideration of evidence

(12:00-12:15)                                                                                                  

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12    Letter from Minister for Finance and Trefnydd - timetable for Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21 - 13 September 2019

(12:15-12:30)                                                                       (Pages 108 - 109)

Paper 8 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd - timetable for Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21 - 13 September 2019

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