Decision details
Welsh Government draft budget 2017 - 18 - consideration of draft letters
Decision Maker: Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd, Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - Fifth Senedd, Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd, Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd, Finance Committee - Fifth Senedd, Health, Social Care and Sport Committee - Fifth Senedd, Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd, External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd
Status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
The
Welsh
Government laid its draft
budget for 2017-18 (PDF, 298KB) on 18 October 2016.
In
July 2016, the Finance
Committee launched a public
consultation on proposals for the draft budget and these findings
fed into evidence sessions on strategic matters within the draft budget during
the autumn term.
Other
Assembly Committees
held separate evidence sessions on more specific matters within the draft
budget, which fed into the Finance Committee’s report.
The
Committee published a report
on its Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2017-18 (PDF, 2MB) on
29 November 2016. The Welsh
Government response (PDF, 411KB) to the Committee’s report was received on
9 January 2017.
The
whole Assembly approved the draft budget in Plenary on 6 December 2016.
The Welsh Government laid its final
budget for 2017-18 (PDF, 237KB) on 20 December 2016, which was also
approved by the whole Assembly in Plenary on 10 January 2017.
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Evidence Session |
Date, Agenda and Minutes |
Transcript |
Video |
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1.
Welsh Government Mark Drakeford AM, Cabinet Secretary for Finance
and Local Government Margaret Davies, Deputy Director - Strategic
Budgeting, Welsh Government Andrew Jeffreys, Director - Treasury, Welsh
Government |
Read transcript of Evidence
Session 1 |
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2.
Chwarae Teg and WWF Natasha Davies, Policy Partner, Chwarae Teg Anne Meikle, Head of WWF Cymru Toby Roxburgh, Applied Economics Specialist, WWF
UK |
Read transcript of Evidence
Session 2 |
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3.
NHS Vanessa Young, Director of the Welsh NHS
Confederation Gary Doherty, Chief Executive, Betsi Cadwaladr University
Health Board (representing all NHS Wales Chief Executives) Eifion Williams, Director of Finance, Abertawe
Bro Morgannwg University Health Board (representing NHS Wales Directors of
Finance) Steve Webster, Director of Finance /Deputy Chief
Executive Officer, Cwm Taf University Health Board |
Read transcript of Evidence
Session 3 |
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4.
WLGA Mari Thomas, Finance Policy Officer, Welsh Local
Government Association (WLGA) Jon Rae, Director of Resources, Welsh Local
Government Association (WLGA) Councillor Huw David (Deputy Leader, Bridgend
County Borough Council), WLGA Spokesperson for Health and Social Care Councillor Anthony Hunt (Deputy Leader, Torfaen
County Borough Council), WLGA Deputy Spokesperson for Finance and Resources |
Read transcript of Evidence
Session 4 |
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5.
David Robinson, OBE, Senior Advisor, Community
Links Professor Ceri Phillip, Professor of Health
Economics, Swansea University Professor Marcus Longley, Director of the Welsh
Institute for Health and Social Care and Professor of Applied Health Policy,
University of South Wales Anita Charlesworth, Director of Research and
Economics, Health Foundation |
Read transcript of Evidence
Session 5 |
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6.
Welsh Government Mark Drakeford AM, Cabinet Secretary for Finance
and Local Government Margaret Davies, Deputy Director - Strategic
Budgeting, Welsh Government Andrew Jeffreys, Director - Treasury, Welsh
Government |
Read transcript of Evidence
Session 6 |
Decisions:
Subject
to a few minor amendments the Committee agreed the draft budget letters.
Publication date: 25/11/2016
Date of decision: 16/11/2016
Decided at meeting: 16/11/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd