Concise Minutes - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 4 Ty Hywel and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 13 March 2024

Meeting time: 09.30 - 10.58
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13733


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:

Philip Rycroft, Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales

Committee Staff:

Owain Roberts (Clerk)

Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk)

Cerian Jones (Second Clerk)

Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk)

Christian Tipples (Researcher)

Owen Holzinger (Researcher)

Martin Jennings (Researcher)

 

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Registration

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Private Pre-meeting

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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.

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2       Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1   PTN 1 - Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Welsh Government's response to the Finance Committee's report - 1 March 2024

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2.2   PTN 2 - Letter from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill - 4 March 2024

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2.3   PTN 3 - Letter from Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement - Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee - 5 March 2024

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2.4   PTN 4 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Act 2022 - 6 March 2024

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3       Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations: Evidence session 1

3.1 The Committee took evidence on its inquiry into Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations from Philip Rycroft, Member of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales.

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

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5       Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations: Consideration of evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

 

5.2 The Committee agreed to write to Philip Rycroft with some additional questions regarding fiscal intergovernmental relations.

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6       Financial implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report

6.1 The Committee considered its draft report on the Financial implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill and agreed it with minor changes.

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7       Financial implications of the Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) (Wales) Bill

7.1 The Committee considered the paper on the Financial implications of the Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) (Wales) Bill.

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8       Consideration of Forward Work Programme

8.1 The Committee considered the Forward Work Programme.

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9       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Approach to engagement

9.1 The Committee considered the paper on the approach to engagement in relation to scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26.

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