Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee room 4 Ty Hywel

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 22 June 2022

Meeting time: 11.02 - 12.43
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/12863

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Peredur Owen Griffiths MS (Chair)

Peter Fox MS

Mike Hedges MS

Rhianon Passmore MS

Witnesses:

Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Local Government

Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Economy

Lesley Griffiths MS, Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

Sarah Govier, Welsh Government

Peter Ryland, Welsh Government

Gian Marco Currado, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

Owain Roberts (Clerk)

Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk)

Avalon Broadway (Deputy Clerk)

Owen Holzinger (Researcher)

Aled Evans (Legal Adviser)

 

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Private pre-meeting - Informal (10.30-11.00)

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

The Chair welcomed Members to the hybrid meeting of the Finance Committee.

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2       Paper(s) to note

The papers were noted.

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2.1   PTN 1 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Budget timetable - 31 May 2022

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2.2   PTN 2 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Budget improvement plan - 1 June 2022

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2.3   PTN 3 - Letter from the Senedd Commission: Financial implications of the COVID-19 pandemic – update as at 31 March 2022 - 13 June 2022

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2.4   PTN 4 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Finance Inter-ministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) - 14 June 2022

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2.5   PTN 5 - Letter from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill – Revised Regulatory Impact Assessment - 14 June 2022

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3       Post-EU funding arrangements: Evidence session 3

The Committee took evidence from Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Local Government; Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Economy; Lesley Griffiths MS, Minister for Rural Affairs, and North Wales and Trefnydd; Sarah Govier, Head of Intergovernmental Relations; Peter Ryland, Chief Executive, Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) and Gian Marco Currado, Director, Environment & Marine on the Committee’s inquiry into Post-EU funding arrangements.

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4       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting.

The motion was agreed.

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5       Post-EU funding arrangements: Consideration of evidence

The Committee considered the evidence.

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6       Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) on the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill

The Committee considered the Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) on the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill.

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