Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2 - The Senedd

Meeting date: Thursday, 19 April 2018

Meeting time: 09.32 - 11.44
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4832

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Simon Thomas AM (Chair) Mike Hedges AM Jane Hutt AM Nick Ramsay AM
Witnesses:	Huw David, Welsh Local Government Association Susan Elsmore, Welsh Local Government Association David Street, ADSS Cymru Sarah Rochira, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales
Committee Staff:	Catherine Hunt (Second Clerk) Leanne Hatcher (Second Clerk) Georgina Owen (Deputy Clerk) 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 David Rees AM, Steffan Lewis 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 PTN1 – Letter from the Wales Audit Office - Voluntary Exits 2016-17 review of exit payments – 19 March 2018

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3 The Cost of caring for an ageing population: Evidence session 5 (WLGA and ADSS Cymru)

3.1 The Committee took evidence from Councillor Huw David, WLGA Spokesperson for Health and Social Care and Leader of Bridgend County Borough Council; Councillor Susan Elsmore, WLGA Deputy Spokesperson for Health and Social Care and Cabinet Member for Social Care and Health, Cardiff Council; and Dave Street, President, Association of Directors of Social Services Cymru on its inquiry into the cost of caring for an ageing population.

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4 Cost of caring for an ageing population: Evidence session 6 (Older People's Commissioner for Wales)

4.1 The Committee took evidence from Sarah Rochira, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales on its inquiry into the cost of caring for an ageing population.

4.2 The Commissioner agreed to write to the Committee with further details on the cost pressures facing social services.

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5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and the meeting on 25 April 2018

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 Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017: Tax Statutory Instrument

7.1 The Committee noted the statutory instrument.

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