Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 13 November 2019

Meeting time: 09.31 - 10.51
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5777

Private

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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:	Laura Fox, Welsh Government Andrew Hewitt, Welsh Government Gareth McMahon, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Bethan Davies (Clerk) Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk) Georgina Owen (Second Clerk) Samantha Williams (Deputy Clerk) Owen Holzinger (Researcher) Christian Tipples (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1     The Chair welcomed Members and witnesses to the meeting.

1.2     Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore.

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2 Technical briefing: Making changes to Welsh tax legislation

2.1     The Committee received a technical briefing from Gareth McMahon, Government Lawyer; Andrew Hewitt, Welsh Treasury; and Laura Fox, Welsh Treasury on proposed changes to Welsh tax legislation.

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3 Public Services Ombudsman for Wales Estimates 2020-21: Consideration of draft report

3.1     The Committee agreed the content of the draft report.

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4 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21: Approach to scrutiny

4.1     The Committee considered the revised approach to scrutiny for the Welsh Government draft budget 2020-21 and agreed the way forward.

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5 Approach to scrutiny for forthcoming legislation

5.1     The Committee considered the paper on the approach to scrutiny for forthcoming legislation.

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6 Annual scrutiny of the Wales Audit Office and the Auditor General for Wales: Consideration of draft report

6.1     The Committee considered the draft report and agreed to consider a revised draft on 27 November 2019.

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