Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 4 June 2020

Meeting time: 14.00 - 15.27
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/6347

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair) Alun Davies MS Siân Gwenllian MS Mike Hedges MS Rhianon Passmore MS Nick Ramsay MS Mark Reckless MS
Witnesses:	Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Trefnydd Margaret Davies, Welsh Government Matthew Denham-Jones, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Bethan Davies (Clerk) Georgina Owen (Second Clerk) Martin Jennings (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the virtual meeting of the Finance Committee.

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2 Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1 PTN1 - Letter from the Auditor General for Wales to the Chair of the Committee on Electoral Reform: Capacity of the Senedd - 15 May 2020

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2.2 PTN2 - Letter from the Welsh Revenue Authority - Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20 - 22 May 2020

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2.3 PTN3 - Letter from the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee to the Auditor General and Future Generations Commissioner - Well-Being of Future Generations: Statutory Reports - 29 May 2020

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3 Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2020-21: Evidence session

3.1 The Committee took evidence from Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Trefnydd; Matthew Denham-Jones, Deputy Director Financial Controls; and Margaret Davies, Deputy Director of Strategic Budgeting on the Welsh Government’s First Supplementary Budget 2020-21.

3.2 The Minister agreed to write to the Committee:

· detailing how much overall additional COVID-19 funding each health board will receive in this supplementary budget;

· providing the health department’s key performance indicators to measure the effectiveness of the £57 million spend to support the Test Trace Protect Strategy, in terms of the capital required to establish the programme and its operating costs;

· on the outcome of her discussions with the Minister for Housing and Local Government regarding the funding for Armed Forces Liaison Officers.

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4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and the meeting on 15 June 2020

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5 Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2020-21: Consideration of evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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6 Consideration of the Committee's forward work programme

6.1 The Committee considered its forward work programme.

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