Meeting Venue:
Video Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: 2 November 2020
Meeting time: 14.20
For further information contact:
Bethan Davies
Committee Clerk
0300 200 6372
SeneddFinance@senedd.wales
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In accordance with Standing Order 34.19, the Chair has determined that the public are excluded from the Committee's meeting in order to protect public health. This meeting will be broadcast live on www.senedd.tv
Informal pre-meeting - Feedback on the UK Internal Market Bill (14.20-14.30)
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
(14.30)
2 Paper(s) to note
(14.30) (Pages 1 - 3)
Minutes of the meeting held on 12 October 2020
2.1 PTN 1 - Letter from the Minster for Housing and Local Government: Local Government and Elections (Wales) Bill - 21 October 2020
(Page 4)
2.2 PTN 2 - Letter from the Chair of the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee to Audit Wales: Local Government and Elections (Wales) Bill – section 118 - 27 October 2020
(Page 5)
2.3 PTN 3 - Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Llywydd: Scrutiny of Covid-19 regulations - 22 October 2020
(Pages 6 - 8)
2.4 PTN 4 - Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales to the Minister for Health and Social Services: NHS Complaints data - 27 October 2020
(Pages 9 - 10)
3 Oversight of the Wales Audit Office – Scrutiny of the Estimate 2021-22 and Interim Report: Evidence session
(14.30-15.30) (Pages 11 - 94)
Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales
Lindsay Foyster, Chair of the Wales Audit Office
Nicola Evans, Head of Finance, Audit Wales
Supporting papers:
FIN(5)-20-20 P1 - Estimate of Income and Expenses for Audit Wales for the year ended 31 March 2022
FIN(5)-20-20 P2 - Supporting information for the Estimate of Income and Expenses for Audit Wales for the year ended 31 March 2022
FIN(5)-20-20 P3 - Interim Report – An assessment of progress made against our 2020-21 Annual Plan during the period 1 April to 30 September 2020
FIN(5)-20-20 P4 - Letter from Audit Wales - Finance Committee Annual Scrutiny of the Wales Audit Office - 1 October 2020
Research Brief
BREAK (15.30-15.40)
4 Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2020-21: Evidence session
(15.40-16.40) (Pages 95 - 196)
Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Trefnydd
Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury
Matthew Denham-Jones, Deputy Director Financial Controls
Supporting papers:
FIN(5)-20-20 P5 – Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2020-21
FIN(5)-20-20 P6 – Main expenditure group allocations
FIN(5)-20-20 P7 – Explanatory Note
Research brief
5 UK Internal Market Bill: Evidence session
(16.40-17.00) (Pages 197 - 216)
Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Trefnydd
Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury
Matthew Denham-Jones, Deputy Director Financial Controls
Supporting papers:
FIN(5)-20-20 (p8) Legal advice note
Research brief
6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and for items 1 and 2 at the Committee meeting on 9 November
(17.00)
7 UK Internal Market Bill: Consideration of evidence
(17.00-17.10)
8 Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2020-21: Consideration of evidence
(17.10-17.20)
9 Oversight of the Wales Audit Office – Scrutiny of the Estimate 2021-22 and Interim Report: Consideration of evidence
(17.20-17.30)