Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 4 Ty Hywel and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 16 May 2024

Meeting time: 09.30 - 10.43
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13896

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Peredur Owen Griffiths MS (Chair) Alun Davies MS (In place of Rhianon Passmore MS) Mike Hedges MS Altaf Hussain MS (In place of Peter Fox MS)
Witnesses:	Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, Scottish Government
Committee Staff:	Owain Roberts (Clerk) Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk) Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk) Martin Jennings (Researcher) Christian Tipples (Researcher) Božo Lugonja (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.

1.2 The Committee received apologies from Rhianon Passmore MS and Peter Fox MS.

1.3 Alun Davies MS substituted for Rhianon Passmore MS; and Altaf Hussain MS substituted for Peter Fox MS.

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2 Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations: Evidence session 5

2.1 The Committee took evidence on its inquiry into Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations from Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, Scottish Government.

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3 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and the start of the meeting on 22 May

3.1 The motion was agreed.

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4 Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations: Consideration of evidence

4.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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5 First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Directly Funded Bodies

5.1 The Committee considered the cover paper and the supplementary estimates from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales; and the Senedd Commission.

5.2 The Committee agreed to invite the Senedd Commission to attend an evidence session on its supplementary estimate.

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6 Inquiry into Financial Transactions Capital: Scoping Paper

6.1 The Committee considered the scoping paper and agreed to undertake a short inquiry on Financial Transactions Capital.

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7 The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Consideration of draft letter

7.1 The Committee considered the draft letter on the Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill and agreed it with no changes.

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