Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Monday, 15 June 2020

Meeting time: 14.01 - 15.48
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/6368

Private

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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

Committee Staff:

Bethan Davies (Clerk)

Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk)

Georgina Owen (Second Clerk)

Martin Jennings (Researcher)

Owen Holzinger (Researcher)

Christian Tipples (Researcher)

Ben Harris (Legal Adviser)

 

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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       Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2020-21: Consideration of draft report

2.1 The Committee agreed the report with minor changes.

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3       Impact of variations in national and sub-national income tax: Consideration of draft report

3.1 The Committee agreed the report with minor changes.

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4       Implementation and operation of Part 2 (Finance) of the Wales Act 2014 and the Fiscal Framework: Scoping paper

4.1 The Committee considered the scoping paper and agreed the terms of reference for the inquiry.

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5       Legislative Consent: Finance Bill 2020

5.1 The Committee considered the Legislative Consent Memorandum and agreed the report.

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6       Inquiry into a legislative budget process: Response from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd

6.1 The Committee considered the Minister’s response and agreed to prepare an interim report on the Committee’s inquiry.

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7       Oversight of the Wales Audit Office: Update for the Finance Committee

7.1 The Committee noted the correspondence.

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8       Oversight of the Wales Audit Office: The Chair's expenses

8.1 The Committee noted the issue regarding the Chair’s expenses.

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9       Oversight of the Wales Audit Office: Remuneration arrangements for the Auditor General for Wales

9.1 The Committee noted the Auditor General’s remuneration arrangements and issue regarding expenses and agreed to return to the matter following its next scrutiny session with the Auditor General.

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