Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: 27 November 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)                                                                                        (Pages 1 - 10)

·           Minutes from the meeting held on 17 October 2019

·           Minutes from the meeting held on 23 October 2019

·           Minutes from the meeting held on 7 November 2019

·           Minutes from the meeting held on 13 November 2019

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2.1   Letter from Suzy Davies AM in response to Finance Committee's report on scrutiny of Assembly Commission draft budget 2020-21

                                                                                                 (Pages 11 - 22)

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2.2   Letter from the Auditor General for Wales to Chair of Public Accounts Committee: New Zealand budgetary process

                                                                                                 (Pages 23 - 25)

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2.3   Letter from Minister for Finance to Llywydd: Non-Domestic Rating (Multiplier) (Wales) Order 2019

                                                                                                 (Pages 26 - 37)

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2.4   Letter from Minister for Health and Social Services to Chair of Health, Social Care and Sport Committee: National Health Service (Indemnities) (Wales) Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 38 - 41)

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

(09:30)                                                                                                             

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4       Technical briefing: Welsh tax forecasts

(09:30-10:30)                                                                           (Pages 42 - 44)

Andrew Jeffreys, Director, Welsh Treasury

Julian Revell, Head of Fiscal Analysis, Welsh Treasury

 

Paper 1 – Background paper

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Break 10:30-10:40

 

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5       Private briefing: Future Generations Commissioner for Wales monitoring of the Welsh Government budget - key findings to date

(10.40-11.40)                                                                           (Pages 45 - 47)

Cathy Madge, Lead Change Maker, Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

Eurgain Powell, Change Maker, Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

 

Paper 2 – Briefing paper

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6       Scrutiny of the Wales Audit Office and the Auditor General for Wales’s Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19 and Estimate 2020-21: Consideration of draft report

(11.40-12.00)                                                                           (Pages 48 - 62)

Paper 3 – Cover paper

Paper 4 – Correspondence with the Auditor General for Wales and Chair of the Wales Audit Office

Paper 5 – Draft report

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