Meeting Venue:
Video Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Friday, 8 January 2021
Meeting time: 09.30 - 11.45
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/11115
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Names |
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Members of the Senedd: |
Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair) Alun Davies MS Siân Gwenllian MS Mike Hedges MS Rhianon Passmore MS Nick Ramsay MS |
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Witnesses: |
Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Trefnydd Andrew Jeffreys, Welsh Government Margaret Davies, Welsh Government Matt Wellington, Welsh Government Anna Adams, Welsh Government |
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Committee Staff: |
Bethan Davies (Clerk) Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk) Georgina Owen (Second Clerk) Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk) Martin Jennings (Researcher) Rhiannon Lewis (Researcher) |
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the virtual meeting of the Finance Committee.
1.2 Apologies were received from Mark Reckless MS.
2 Paper(s) to note
2.1 The papers were noted.
2.1 PTN 1 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd to the Chair: Third Supplementary budget 2020-21 - 23 December 2020
3 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Draft budget 2021-22: Evidence session 1
3.1 The Committee took evidence from Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Trefnydd; Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury, Welsh Government; Margaret Davies, Deputy Director of Strategic Budgeting, Welsh Government; Matt Wellington, Head of Budget Delivery, Welsh Government; and Anna Adams, Deputy Director, Head of Tax Strategy Policy and Engagement, on the scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Draft budget 2021-22.
3.2 The Minister for Finance and Trefnydd agreed to:
· provide an update on the work of the income tax working group;
· share the analysis of information gathered from all colleges on the impact of the personal learning accounts;
· share information on the costs of changing the criteria for free school meals; and
· share the analysis on the impact of creating a higher tax band for Non-residential property transactions.
4 Tax Statutory Instruments: Evidence session
4.1 The Committee took evidence from Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Trefnydd; Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury, Welsh Government; Margaret Davies, Deputy Director of Strategic Budgeting, Welsh Government; Matt Wellington, Head of Budget Delivery, Welsh Government; and Anna Adams, Deputy Director, Head of Tax Strategy Policy and Engagement, on Tax Statutory Instruments.
5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
5.1 The motion was agreed.
6 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Draft budget 2021-22: Consideration of evidence
6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.
7 Tax Statutory Instruments: Consideration of evidence
7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received and agreed to report on the statutory instruments.
8 Consideration of draft letter to the Chief Secretary of the Treasury: Inquiry into the Fiscal Framework; and Comprehensive Spending Review
8.1 The Committee considered the draft letter.
9 Consideration of the Forward Work Programme
9.1 The Committee considered the forward work programme.