Attendance
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Category
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Names
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Members of the Senedd:
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Peredur Owen Griffiths MS (Chair)
Peter Fox MS
Mike Hedges MS
Rhianon Passmore MS
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Witnesses:
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Mark Drakeford MS, Cabinet Secretary for
Finance and Welsh Language
Anna Adams, Welsh Government
Emma Anderson, Welsh Government
Nick Lambert, Welsh Government
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Committee Staff:
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Sian Giddins (Second Clerk)
Christian Tipples (Researcher)
Manon Jones (Researcher)
Ben Harris (Legal Adviser)
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<AI1>
Registration
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<AI2>
Private pre-meeting
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<AI3>
1
Introductions, apologies, substitutions
and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting
of the Finance Committee.
1.2 Members declared the following relevant
interests under Standing Order 17.24A:
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Peter Fox MS declared that he owns a caravan.
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<AI4>
2
Paper(s) to note
2.1 The Committee noted the papers.
</AI4>
<AI5>
2.1
PTN 1 - Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission
Draft Budget 2025-26: Senedd Commission response to the Committee's
report recommendations - 5 November 2024
</AI5>
<AI6>
2.2
PTN 2 - Letter from the Deputy First
Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural
Affairs: Section 150 order of the Government of Wales Act 2006 - 6
November 2024
</AI6>
<AI7>
2.3
PTN 3 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary
for Finance and Welsh Language: Further information on the Welsh
Language and Education (Wales) Bill - 12 November 2024
</AI7>
<AI8>
2.4
PTN 4 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary
for Finance and Welsh Language: Second Supplementary Budget 2024-25
- 15 November 2024
</AI8>
<AI9>
2.5
PTN 5 - Welsh Government response to the
Finance Committee's report on Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations -
25 November 2024
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<AI10>
2.6
PTN 6 - Letter from the Chair of the
Local Government and Housing Committee: Local Government Funding
Formula - 20 November 2024
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<AI11>
3
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy)
Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
3.1 The Committee took evidence on the Visitor
Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill from Mark
Drakeford MS, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
(Cabinet Secretary), Welsh Government; Anna Adams, Deputy Director,
Tax Strategy and Intergovernmental Relations, Welsh Government;
Nicholas Lambert, Senior Lawyer, Treasury and Procurement Team,
Legal Services Department, Welsh Government; and Emma Anderson,
Solicitor, Education (Schools), Culture, Media, Sport and Tourism
Team, Welsh Government.
3.2 The Committee agreed to write to the
Cabinet Secretary with additional questions that weren’t
reached during the evidence session.
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<AI12>
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.
</AI12>
<AI13>
5
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy)
Etc. (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence
5.1 The Committee considered the evidence
received.
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<AI14>
6
Welsh Language and Education (Wales)
Bill: Consideration of draft report
6.1 The Committee considered and agreed the
draft report on the financial implications of the Welsh Language
and Education (Wales) Bill.
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