Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Meeting time: 09.30 - 10.41
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15129

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Peredur Owen Griffiths MS (Chair) Mike Hedges MS Samuel Kurtz MS (In place of Sam Rowlands MS) Hefin David MS (In place of Rhianon Passmore MS)
Witnesses:	Jayne Bryant MS, Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government Hannah Fisher, Head of Homelessness Prevention Legislation, Welsh Government Sarah Rhodes, Deputy Director Housing Policy, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Owain Roberts (Clerk) Georgina Owen (Second Clerk) Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk) Owen Holzinger (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 Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore MS and Sam Rowlands MS. Hefin David MS substituted for Rhianon Passmore MS and Sam Kurtz MS substituted for Sam Rowlands MS.

1.3 Members declared the following relevant interests under Standing Order 17.24A:

· Hefin David MS declared that he is the Senedd Commissioner for Budget and Governance.

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2 Paper(s) to note

2.1 The paper was noted.

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2.1 PTN 1 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) - 5 June 2025

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3 Financial implications of the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill: Evidence session

3.1 The Committee took evidence on the financial implications of the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill from Jayne Bryant MS, Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, Welsh Government; Sarah Rhodes, Deputy Director Housing Policy, Welsh Government; and Hannah Fisher, Head of Homelessness Prevention Legislation, Welsh Government.

3.2 The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government agreed to provide a technical note on the model and assumptions used by Alma Economics to develop the cost-benefit analysis of the Bill.

3.3 The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government with questions that weren’t reached during the evidence session.

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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 Financial implications of the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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6 Correspondence from Senedd Committees on Draft Budget 2025-26 scrutiny

6.1 The Committee considered the cover paper and the correspondence received from Senedd Committees on Draft Budget 2025-26 scrutiny, and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language.

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