Meeting Venue:Hybrid - Committee
room 4 Tŷ
Hywel and video conference
via Zoom
Meeting date: Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.10
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15169
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)
Mike Hedges MS
Sam Rowlands MS
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Witnesses:
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Michelle Morris, Public Services Ombudsman for
Wales
Katrin Shaw, Public Services Ombudsman for
Wales
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Committee Staff:
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Owain Roberts (Clerk)
Sian Giddins (Second Clerk)
Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk)
Martin Jennings (Researcher)
Božo Lugonja (Researcher)
Ben Harris (Legal Adviser)
Masudah Ali (Legal Adviser)
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At its meeting on 2 July, 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
Appointment of the Auditor General for
Wales: Approach to recruitment
1.1 The Committee considered the papers in
relation to the appointment of the Auditor General for Wales and
agreed the actions within the cover paper.
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2
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft
Budget 2026-27: Approach to scrutiny
2.1 The committee considered the paper on the
approach to Draft Budget scrutiny 2026-27 and agreed the actions
within it.
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3
Consideration of Forward Work
Programme
3.1 The Committee considered its Forward Work
Programme.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft
Budget 2026-27: Engagement summary report
4.1 The Committee considered its Summary
Engagement report and the two written submissions.
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Public
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5
Introductions, apologies, substitutions
and declarations of interest
5.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting
of the Finance Committee.
5.2 Apologies were received from Rhianon
Passmore MS. There was no substitute for Rhianon Passmore MS.
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6
Paper(s) to note
6.1 The papers were noted.
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6.1
PTN 1 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary
for Finance and Welsh Language: Draft Budget 2026-27 timetable - 1
July 2025
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6.2
PTN 2 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary
for Finance and Welsh Language: Administration of devolved taxes in
Wales - 1 July 2025
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6.3
PTN 3 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary
for Economy, Energy and Planning: Inter-Ministerial Group for
Business and Industry meeting - 1 July 2025
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7
Post-legislative review of the Public
Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019: Evidence session 6
7.1 The Committee took evidence on the
Post-legislative review of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales)
Act 2019 from Michelle Morris, Public Services Ombudsman for Wales;
and Katrin Shaw, Chief Legal Adviser and Director of
Investigations.
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to
resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this
meeting.
8.1 The motion was agreed.
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Post-legislative review of the Public
Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019: Consideration of
evidence
9.1 The Committee considered the
evidence received.
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10
Post-legislative review of the Public
Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019: Consideration of key
issues
10.1 The Committee considered the key
issues.
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