Concise Minutes - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 3, Senedd and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 27 March 2025

Meeting time: 09.30 - 11.09
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15060


Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Peredur Owen Griffiths MS (Chair)

Mike Hedges MS

Sam Rowlands MS

Witnesses:

Hefin David MS, Commissioner for Budget and Governance, Senedd Commission

Andrew Gibson, Director, Avison Young

Ed Williams, Director of Senedd Resources, Senedd Commission

Jan Koziel, Head of Procurement, Senedd Commission

Committee Staff:

Owain Roberts (Clerk)

Sian Giddins (Second Clerk)

Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk)

Martin Jennings (Researcher)

Jennifer Cottle (Legal Adviser)

Peter Davies (Researcher)

 

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At its meeting on 6 March, the Committee agreed a motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to exclude the public from the start of today's meeting.

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Registration

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Private pre-meeting

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1       Financial implications of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report

1.1 The Committee considered and agreed its draft report.

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2       Business Committee Review of Public Bill and Member Bill processes

2.1 The Committee considered and agreed its draft response to the Business Committee’s review of Public Bills and Members Bills.

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3       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

3.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Finance Committee.

 

3.2 Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore MS. There was no substitute for Rhianon Passmore MS.

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4       Paper(s) to note

4.1 The papers were noted.

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4.1   PTN 1 - Letter from Audit Wales: Notification of audit deadline position - 17 February 2025

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4.2   PTN 2 - Letter from Audit Wales: Sector Development Wales Partnership - 4 March 2025

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4.3   PTN 3 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Welsh Government's response to the Finance Committee's report - 3 March 2025

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4.4   PTN 4 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Education to Finance Committee's report recommendation 38 - 3 March 2025

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4.5   PTN 5 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) - 5 March 2025

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4.6   PTN 6 - Letter from the Senedd Commission: Senedd Reform ring-fenced budget - 14 March 2025

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4.7   PTN 7 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Wels Government: Leadership changes at the Welsh Revenue Authority - 21 March 2025

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5       Cardiff Bay 2032: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission

5.1 The Committee took evidence on Cardiff Bay 2032 from Hefin David MS, Commissioner for Budget and Governance, Senedd Commission; Ed Williams, Director of Senedd Resources, Senedd Commission; and Andrew Gibson, Director, Avison Young.

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6       Motion under Standing Orders 17.42 (iii) and 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting.

6.1 The motion was agreed.

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7       Cardiff Bay 2032: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission

7.1 The Committee took evidence on Cardiff Bay 2032 from Hefin David MS, Commissioner for Budget and Governance, Senedd Commission; Ed Williams, Director of Senedd Resources, Senedd Commission; Jan Koziel, Head of Procurement, Senedd Commission; and Andrew Gibson, Director, Avison Young.

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8       Cardiff Bay 2032: Consideration of evidence

8.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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9       Proposed Section 150 Order in relation to the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 and the Public Services Ombudsman (for Wales) Act 2019

9.1 The Committee considered the correspondence regarding the Proposed Section 150 Order and agreed not to provide any comments in relation to the Llywydd’s intended response to the Welsh Government.

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10    Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum

10.1 The Committee noted the draft joint communique from the Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum.

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