Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 3, Senedd and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Meeting time: 09.30 - 11.19
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/14907

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:

Michelle Morris, Public Services Ombudsman for Wales

Chris Vinestock, Chief Operating Officer and Director of

Improvement, Office of the Public Services Ombudsman for

Wales

Katrin Shaw, Katrin Shaw, Chief Legal Adviser and Director

of Investigations, Office of the Public Services Ombudsman

for Wales

Committee Staff:

Owain Roberts (Clerk)

Sian Giddins (Second Clerk)

Georgina Owen (Second Clerk)

Martin Jennings (Researcher)

Owen Holzinger (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.

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2       Paper(s) to note

2.1 The Committee noted the papers.

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2.1   PTN 1 - Letter from the First Minister to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee: Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement: Forthcoming Intergovernmental Meetings - 10 October 2024

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3       Public Services Ombudsman for Wales (PSOW) - Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24, and Estimate 2025-26: Evidence session

3.1 The Committee took evidence on the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’s Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24, and Estimate 2025-26 from Michelle Morris, Public Services Ombudsman for Wales; Chris Vinestock, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Improvement, Office of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales; and Katrin Shaw, Chief Legal Adviser and Director of Investigations, Office of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.

 

3.2 The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales agreed to update the Committee on the outcome of a permission hearing that is scheduled for the 13 November, in relation to an ongoing Code of Conduct case.

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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       Public Services Ombudsman for Wales (PSOW) - Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24, and Estimate 2025-26: Consideration of evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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6       Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Consideration of draft report

6.1 The Committee considered the draft report and agreed it with minor changes.

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7       Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Consideration of draft report

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

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