Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 21 March 2018

Meeting time: 09.01 - 11.26
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4621

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Simon Thomas AM (Chair) Neil Hamilton AM Mike Hedges AM Jane Hutt AM Nick Ramsay AM David Rees AM
Witnesses:	Kate Cubbage, Carers Trust Wales Victoria Lloyd, Director of Influencing and Programme Development, Age Cymru Mary Wimbury, Care Forum Wales Mario Kreft, Care Forum Wales Sanjiv Joshi, Care Forum Wales
Committee Staff:	Bethan Davies (Clerk) Katherine Thomas (Deputy Clerk) Martin Jennings (Researcher) Joanne McCarthy (Researcher) Christian Tipples (Researcher) Ben Harris (Legal Adviser)

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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 and Sarah Rochira, Old People’s Commissioner for Wales.

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2 The Cost of caring for an ageing population: Evidence session 3 (Age Cymru and Carers Trust Wales)

2.1 The Committee took evidence from Victoria Lloyd, Interim CEO, Age Cymru; and Kate Cubbage, Senior External Affairs Manager, Carers Trust Wales on its inquiry into the cost of caring for an ageing population.

2.2 Carers Trust Wales agreed to provide further details on:

· the changes to commissioning services resulting from greater complexities of need; and

· the loss of respite beds.

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3 The Cost of Caring for an Ageing Population: Evidence session 4 (Care Forum Wales)

3.1 The Committee took evidence from Mary Wimbury, Chief Executive, Care Forum Wales; Mario Kreft, Chair, Care Forum Wales; and Sanjiv Joshi, Board Member, Care Forum Wales on its inquiry into the cost of caring for an ageing population.

3.2 Care Forum Wales agreed to provide a copy of a recent Knight Frank report.

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4 The Cost of Caring for an Ageing Population: Evidence session 5 (Older People's Commissioner for Wales)

4.1 Apologies were received from Sarah Rochira, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales. The evidence session will be rescheduled for a future meeting.

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5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

5.1 The motion was agreed.

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6 The Cost of Caring for an Ageing Population: Consideration of evidence

6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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7 Consideration of forward work programme

7.1 The Committee considered its forward work programme for the summer term.

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8 Legislative budget process - scoping paper

8.1 The Committee considered a scoping paper on a legislative budget process and agreed to undertake an inquiry.

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9 Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016: Tax Statutory Instruments

9.1 The Committee considered the statutory instruments and agreed to report.

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