Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 3, Senedd and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 6 March 2024

Meeting time: 09.30 - 10.33

Hybrid, Private

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Peredur Owen Griffiths MS (Chair) Peter Fox MS Mike Hedges MS
Witnesses:	Ed Williams, Director of Senedd Resources, Senedd Commission Nicholas Morgan, Senedd Commission Andrew Gibson, Avison Young
Committee Staff:	Owain Roberts (Clerk) Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk) Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk) Martin Jennings (Researcher) Owen Holzinger (Researcher) Ben Harris (Legal Adviser)

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At its meeting on 29 February 2024, the Committee agreed a motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to exclude the public from today's meeting.

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Registration

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1 Introduction, 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.

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2 Cardiff Bay 2032 - Senedd Commission Technical Briefing

2.1 The Committee received a technical briefing on Cardiff Bay 2032 from the Senedd Commission.

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3 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Consideration of draft report

3.1 The Committee considered its draft report on the Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2023-24 and agreed it with minor changes.

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4 Financial implications of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report

4.1 The Committee considered its draft report on the Financial implications of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill and agreed it with minor changes.

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5 The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Amendment) and Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016 (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024

5.1 The Committee considered the Legal Services note in relation to the Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Amendment) and Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016 (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 and agreed to take no further action.

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