Meeting Venue:
Video Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.31
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/12578
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Category |
Names |
Members of the Senedd: |
Peredur Owen Griffiths MS (Chair) Mike Hedges MS Sam Rowlands MS (In place of Peter Fox MS) Rhianon Passmore MS |
Witnesses: |
Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales Alex Chapman, New Economics Foundation Victoria Winckler, Bevan Foundation Sara Jones, Wales Retail Consortium Suzy Davies, Wales Tourism Alliance Ben Cottam, Federation of Small Business Leighton Jenkins, CBI Cymru |
Committee Staff: |
Owain Roberts (Clerk) Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk) Georgina Owen (Second Clerk) Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk) Owen Holzinger (Researcher) Christian Tipples (Researcher) Owain Davies (Researcher) |
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
Private pre-meeting - Informal (09.15-09.30)
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 Peter Fox MS. Sam Rowlands MS attended as a substitute.
2 Paper(s) to note
2.1 The papers were noted.
2.1 PTN 1 - Letter from the Business Committee to Committee Chairs - Review of the committee timetable and committee remits - 7 January 2022
2.2 PTN 2 - Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Written evidence from Ramblers Cymru - January 2022
3 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 5
3.1 The Committee took evidence from Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales; and Alex Chapman, Senior Researcher, New Economics Foundation on the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2022-23.
Break (10.15-10.25)
4 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 6
4.1 The Committee took evidence from Victoria Winckler, Director, Bevan Foundation on the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2022-23.
Break (11.10-11.20)
5 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
5.1 The Committee took evidence from Sara Jones, Head of Welsh Retail Consortium; Suzy Davies, Chair, Wales Tourism Alliance; Ben Cottam, Head of Wales, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB Wales); and Leighton Jenkins, Head of Policy – Wales, CBI Wales on the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2022-23.
6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting.
6.1 The motion was agreed.
7 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Consideration of evidence
7.1 The Committee considered the evidence.