Concise Minutes - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 4 Ty Hywel and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Meeting time: 09.30 - 11.12
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13244


Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Peredur Owen Griffiths MS (Chair)

Peter Fox MS

Mike Hedges MS

Tom Giffard MS (In place of Peter Fox MS)

Witnesses:

Eluned Morgan MS, Minister for Health and Social Services

Dafydd Evans, Welsh Government

Leanne Roberts, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

Owain Roberts (Clerk)

Georgina Owen (Second Clerk)

Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk)

 

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Registration (09.00-09.15)

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Private pre-meeting - Informal (09.15-09.30)

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

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

 

1.2 Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore MS.

 

1.3 Tom Giffard MS attended as a substitute for Peter Fox MS for items 1 to 6. Peter Fox MS attended for the remainder of the meeting.

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2       Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1   PTN 1 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Update on Financial Transactions Capital allocations - 27 February 2023

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3       Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session

3.1 The Committee took evidence on the Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill from Eluned Morgan MS, Minister for Health and Social Services; Dafydd Evans, Deputy Director, Life Sciences and Innovation; and Leanne Roberts, Head of Procurement Reform Policy - Health and Social Care.

 

3.2 The Minister for Health and Social Services agreed to:

 

·         provide detailed workings in relation to the increase in staff costs to NHS Bodies of £2.7 million identified in the Regulatory Impact Assessment.

·         confirm the likelihood of the Welsh Government receiving consequential funding as a result of the expenditure in England.

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4       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and the meeting on 23 March 2023

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5       Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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6       Review of the Welsh Revenue Authority Charter

6.1 The Committee considered the paper on the Welsh Revenue Authority charter review.

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7       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2022-23: Consideration of draft report

7.1 The Committee considered and agreed the report with minor changes.

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