Meetings

Paper 1 – Draft report

Paper 2 – Letter from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to the Chair of Finance Committee

4.1 The Committee agreed the draft report with minor changes.

Paper 4 – draft report

6.1 The Committee reviewed the report and will consider it further at the next meeting.

Paper 2 – Key issues

6.1 The Committee considered the key issues and agreed to postpone further consideration to invite the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to give evidence.

8.1 The Committee considered the evidenced received.

David Phillips, Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies

Paper 2 - Institute for Fiscal Studies consultation response

Paper 3 – Letter to the Chair of Finance Committee from Minister for Finance and Government Business

Paper 4 - Letter to Chair of Finance Committee from Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Research briefing

6.1 The Committee took evidence from David Phillips, Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Paper 8 – Letter to Chair of Finance Committee from Director of Financial Strategy, Scottish Government

Paper 9 – Letter to Chair of Finance Committee from Secretary of State for Wales

Paper 10 – Letter to Chair of Finance Committee from Chairperson, Committee for Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland Assembly

10.1 The Committee noted the correspondence and agreed to write to the Chairperson of the Committee for Finance and Personnel at the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Paper 2 – Letter to Chair of Finance Committee from Chief Secretary to the Treasury

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received and agreed to write to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and invite witnesses for further oral evidence sessions in the autumn term.

Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Finance and Government Business

Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury, Finance & Corporate Services, Welsh Government

Ed Sherriff, Head of Fiscal Strategy, Welsh Government

Jeff Andrews, Specialist Policy Adviser, Welsh Government

Paper 1 – Welsh Government consultation response

Research briefing

3.1 The Committee took evidence from Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Finance and Government Business, Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury, Finance & Corporate Services, Ed Sherriff, Head of Fiscal Strategy, Welsh Government and Jeff Andrews, Specialist Policy Adviser.

3.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Finance and Government Business for further information.

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

Alan Trench, Devolution expert and member of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law Review Commission

Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law Report: ‘A Constitutional Crossroads: Ways forward for the United Kingdom’

Research briefing

5.1 The Committee took evidence from Alan Trench, Devolution expert and member of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law Review Commission.

Alistair Brown, Director of Financial Strategy, Scottish Government

Sean Neill, Deputy Director Fiscal Responsibility, Scottish Government

Research briefing

4.1 The Committee took evidence via video conference from Alistair Brown, Director of Financial Strategy and Sean Neill, Deputy Director Fiscal Responsibility, Scottish Government.

4.2 The Scottish Government officials agreed to provide additional information to the Committee on City Deals, and agreed to respond in writing to the questions not reached during the evidence session.

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

Alan Bermingham, CIPFA

Paper 2 – CIPFA consultation response

Research briefing

5.1 The Committee took evidence from Alan Bermingham, CIPFA.

Gerald Holtham

Paper 1 – Future Welsh Government Revenue

1.1 The Committee received a briefing from Gerald Holtham as expert adviser to the Committee.

10.1 Members agreed the approach to scrutiny for the Committee’s inquiry into Future Funding.