Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Meeting time: 10.01 - 11.50
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4614

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Simon Thomas AM (Chair) Mike Hedges AM Jane Hutt AM Nick Ramsay AM
Witnesses:	Sarah Walker, HMRC Jim Harra, HMRC Adrian Crompton, Director of Assembly Business
Committee Staff:	Bethan Davies (Clerk) Georgina Owen (Deputy Clerk) Owen Holzinger (Researcher) Christian Tipples (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Steffan Lewis AM, David Rees AM and Neil Hamilton AM.

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2 Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance to the Chair - Welsh Revenue Authority recruitment - 18 January 2018

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3 Pre-nomination Hearing - Auditor General for Wales

3.1 The Committee conducted a Pre-nomination Hearing of the preferred candidate for the position of Auditor General for Wales, Adrian Crompton.

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4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from items 5 and 7 and the meeting on 8 February 2018

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5 Pre-nomination Hearing - Auditor General for Wales: Consideration of Hearing

5.1 The Committee considered the appropriateness of the preferred candidate and agreed to give it further consideration at a future meeting.

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6 Devolution of fiscal powers to Wales: Evidence session 4 (HMRC)

6.1 The Committee took evidence from Jim Harra, Second Permanent Secretary, HMRC; and Sarah Walker, Deputy Director, Devolution, HMRC on the devolution of fiscal powers to Wales.

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7 Devolution of fiscal powers to Wales: Consideration of evidence

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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