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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 06/12/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 5.5)

5.5 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 06/12/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 5.6)

5.6 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 30/11/2023 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 2.1)

2.1 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 and Cost of Living

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Meeting: 30/11/2023 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 2.8)

2.8 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 29/11/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 8.11)

8.11 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 23/11/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 5.1)

5.1 Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee to Committee Chairs regarding the Welsh Government's Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 23/11/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3.3)

3.3 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 09/11/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 2)

2 PTN 2 - Letter from Disability Wales: Specific financial support for disabled people in the 2024-25 budget - 19 October 2023

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Meeting: 08/11/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 4.1)

4.1 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 08/11/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 3.2)

3.2 Letter to the Chair from Disability Wales regarding the Welsh Government's draft budget for 2024-25

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Meeting: 26/10/2023 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 2)

2 Correspondence with Ministers: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 25/10/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 5)

5 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 25/10/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 5)

5 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 25/10/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 5)

5 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 25/10/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 5)

5 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 25/10/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 5)

5 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 19/10/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 2.5)

2.5 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 19/10/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 8.8)

8.8 Letter from Chair, Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing regarding written information to support the scrutiny of the Welsh Government's draft Budget for 2024-25

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Meeting: 19/10/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 8.1)

8.1 Letter from Chair, Finance Committee to the Minister for Finance and Local Government regarding evidence papers supporting the 2024-25 draft Budget

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Meeting: 18/10/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 2)

2 PTN 3 - Letter from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury: UK Government Autumn Statement - 11 October 2023

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Meeting: 12/10/2023 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2.2)

2.2 Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee to the Minister for Finance and Local Government

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Meeting: 12/10/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 4)

4 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 09/10/2023 - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee (Item 7)

7 Welsh Government draft budget 2024-25

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The Committee agreed to write to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution.

Meeting: 05/10/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 2)

2 PTN 2- Letter from the Llywydd and Chair of the Business Committee: Budget timetable 2024-25 - 21 September 2023

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Meeting: 04/10/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 4.4)

4.4 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 03/10/2023 - Business Committee (Item 4)

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

Meeting: 03/10/2023 - Business Committee (Item 4)

Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee regarding the timetable for the 2024-25 budget

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  • Restricted enclosure 98

Minutes:

Business Committee noted the response from the Finance Committee and agreed to revise the timetable for scrutiny of the Draft Budget 2024-25 as has been proposed by the Welsh Government. The Committee also noted that, as a result, the Finance Committee intends to meet during recess on Wednesday 20 December to commence its scrutiny of the Draft Budget.

 

Meeting: 02/10/2023 - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee (Item 8)

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government draft budget 2024-25

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The Committee considered its approach to scrutinising the Welsh Government’s draft budget for 2024-25 and agreed to write to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution.

Meeting: 02/10/2023 - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee (Item 5)

5 Correspondence from the Finance Committee to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: 2024-25 Draft Budget

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The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Response from the Minister for Finance and Local Government to the Finance Committee regarding the draft Budget timetable for 2024-25

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6.2 The Committee noted the response.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Letter from the Finance Committee to the Minister for Finance and Local Government regarding the draft Budget timetable for 2024-25

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6.1 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 20/09/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 2)

2 PTN 1 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Budget timetable 2024-25 - 12 September 2023

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Meeting: 19/09/2023 - Business Committee (Item 5)

Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd regarding the timetable for the 2024-25 Welsh Government Budget

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Minutes:

Business Committee discussed a proposal from the Trefnydd to adjust the timetable for the 2024-25 Budget and agreed to consult the Finance Committee on the revised proposals and return to the matter at a future meeting.

 

Meeting: 19/09/2023 - Business Committee (Item 5)

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

Meeting: 14/09/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 2.7)

2.7 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 14/09/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 6)

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - consideration of the approach

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6.1 The Committee agreed its approach to scrutiny of the Welsh Government draft budget.

Meeting: 13/09/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 7)

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - Pre-budget scrutiny: Consideration of evidence

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7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 13/09/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 5)

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - Technical briefing with the Chief Economist: Consideration of evidence

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5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 13/09/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 2)

2 PTN 6 - Letter from the Chair of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee: Draft Budget 2024-25 timetable - 17 July 2023

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Meeting: 13/09/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 8)

8 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Approach to budget scrutiny

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FIN(6)-13-23 P2 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government - 20 July 2023

FIN(6)-13-23 P3 - Letter from the Llywydd and Chair of the Business Committee – 2 August 2023

FIN(6)-13-23 P4 - Letter from the Llywydd and Chair of the Business Committee – 4 July 2023

FIN(6)-13-23 P5 - Approach to budget scrutiny

FIN(6)-13-23 P6 - Consultation letter

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Minutes:

8.1 The Committee considered the correspondence and agreed the approach to budget scrutiny and consultation letter.

Meeting: 13/09/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 6)

6 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - Pre-budget scrutiny

Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Local Government

Emma Watkins, Deputy Director, Budget & Government Business

Gawain Evans, Director of Finance

 

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Research Service Brief

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6.1 The Committee took evidence on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 from Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Local Government; Emma Watkins, Deputy Director, Budget and Government Business; and Gawain Evans Director of Finance.

 

6.2 The Minister agreed to provide:

 

·         A note on Welsh Rates of Income Tax (WRIT), focusing on how tax collected through WRIT is then realised in Welsh Government budgets.

Meeting: 13/09/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 4)

4 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - Technical briefing with the Chief Economist

Jonathan Price, Chief Economist, Welsh Government

Julian Revell - Head of Fiscal Analysis, Welsh Government

 

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FIN(6)-13-23 P1 – Presentation slides

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4.1 The Committee received an economic and fiscal briefing from Jonathan Price, Chief Economist, Welsh Government; and Julian Revell, Head of Fiscal Analysis, Welsh Government.

Meeting: 13/09/2023 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 2)

2 Draft Budget Timetable 2024-25

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Meeting: 13/09/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 2)

2 PTN 16 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Evidence papers supporting the 2024-25 Draft Budget - 8 September 2023

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Meeting: 12/09/2023 - Business Committee (Item 5)

Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government regarding proposing changes to the Budget Business Protocol

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  • Restricted enclosure 164

Minutes:

Business Committee noted both letters and agreed to await the outcome of work by the Finance Committee.

 

Meeting: 12/09/2023 - Business Committee (Item 5)

Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government to the Chair of the Finance Committee regarding the timetable for the 2024-25 budget

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Business Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 12/09/2023 - Business Committee (Item 5)

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

Meeting: 11/09/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 6)

6 Correspondence from the Chair of the Finance Committee to the Minister for Finance and Local Government regarding the Draft Budget Timetable 2024-25

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Meeting: 13/07/2023 - Local Government and Housing Committee (Item 3)

3 Letter from the Finance Committee to the Minister for Finance and Local Government - Draft Budget Timetable 2024-25

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3.6a The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 12/07/2023 - Plenary (Item 8)

Finance Committee Debate - The Welsh Government’s spending priorities for the 2024-25 budget

NDM8329 Peredur Owen Griffiths (South Wales East)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the engagement work undertaken by the Finance Committee regarding the Welsh Government's spending priorities for the 2024-25 budget, and further notes the representations made by participants at the following events:

a) a stakeholder event at Wrexham Glyndŵr University;

b) a workshop with Members from the Welsh Youth Parliament; and

c) citizen engagement focus groups.

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Finance Committee Summary Engagement Report

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The item started at 16.09

NDM8329 Peredur Owen Griffiths (South Wales East)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the engagement work undertaken by the Finance Committee regarding the Welsh Government's spending priorities for the 2024-25 budget, and further notes the representations made by participants at the following events:

a) a stakeholder event at Wrexham Glyndŵr University;

b) a workshop with Members from the Welsh Youth Parliament; and

c) citizen engagement focus groups.

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Finance Committee Summary Engagement Report

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

 

Meeting: 12/07/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 2)

2 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 12/07/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3.6)

3.6 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 11/07/2023 - Business Committee (Item 5)

Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee regarding the Plenary Debate on the First Supplementary Budget 2023-24

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Minutes:

Business Committee noted the letter. The Trefnydd noted that no concerns had been raised with her or the Business Committee prior to the debate but agreed to schedule future debates of this type for 30 minutes.

 

 

Meeting: 11/07/2023 - Business Committee (Item 5)

Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee regarding the timetable for publishing the draft and final budget 2024-25

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Business Committee noted the Finance Committee’s concerns about the proposed timetable and the fact that the Welsh Government was again proposing not to follow the agreed protocol between the Senedd and the Government. The Trefnydd confirmed that this was as a result of uncertainty over the timing of the UK Government’s autumn fiscal event, and indicated that the Minister for Finance and Local Government would be responding in writing to concerns expressed by the Finance Committee.

 

Business Committee agreed the proposed timetable and that it would write to the Finance Committee to invite it to consider reviewing the budget procedures in light of the experience of recent years.

 

Meeting: 11/07/2023 - Business Committee (Item 5)

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

Meeting: 10/07/2023 - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee (Item 7)

7 Correspondence from the Finance Committee to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Draft Budget Timetable 2024-25

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The Committee noted the letter from the Finance Committee to the Minister.

Meeting: 06/07/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 2)

2 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Approach to Budget Scrutiny

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FIN(6)-12-23 P1 – Approach to Draft Budget Scrutiny 2024-25

FIN(6)-12-23 P2 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government

FIN(6)-12-23 P3 – Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

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2.1 The Committee considered the correspondence and the paper on the approach to budget scrutiny.

 

2.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Finance and Local Government on the Draft Budget timetable 2024-25.

Meeting: 04/07/2023 - Business Committee (Item 5)

Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd regarding the timetable for publishing the draft and final budget 2024-25

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Minutes:

Business Committee discussed the proposed timetable for publishing the draft and final budget 2024-25 and agreed to consult with the Finance Committee on the proposed timetable and to return to the matter at their first meeting in the autumn term.

 

Meeting: 04/07/2023 - Business Committee (Item 5)

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

Meeting: 21/06/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 8)

8 Consultation with Senedd Committees on documentation accompanying the Draft Budget

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FIN(6)-10-23 P5 – Cover paper

FIN(6)-10-23 P6 - Letter from the Chair of the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee – 12 April 2023

FIN(6)-10-23 P7 - Letter from the Chair of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee – 18 May 2023

FIN(6)-10-23 P8 – Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee – 25 May 2023

FIN(6)-10-23 P9 - Letter from the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee – 20 April 2023

FIN(6)-10-23 P10 - Letter from the Chair of the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee – 26 May 2023

FIN(6)-10-23 P11 - Letter from the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee – 28 April 2023

FIN(6)-10-23 P12 - Letter from the Chair of the Local Government and Housing Committee – 26 April 2023

 

 

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8.1 The Committee considered the letters submitted by Committee Chairs and agreed to write to the Minister for Finance and Local Government.

Meeting: 15/06/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 1.)

1. Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Stakeholder event

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Research Service Brief – Members

Stakeholders leaflet

List of attendees

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Meeting: 08/06/2023 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 3)

3 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Engagement

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Meeting: 24/05/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 7)

7 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Update on stakeholder engagement

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FIN(6)-09-23 P12 – Stakeholder engagement

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7.1 The Committee considered the paper on the stakeholder event.

Meeting: 04/05/2023 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 2)

2 Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee

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Meeting: 04/05/2023 - Local Government and Housing Committee (Item 7)

7 Letter from the Finance Committee: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - Engagement

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7.1.a The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 03/05/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 11)

11 Consideration of correspondence from the Finance Committee: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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11.1 The Committee considered the correspondence received from the Finance Committee.

 

11.2 The Committee discussed their forward work plan for the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25.

Meeting: 03/05/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 2)

2 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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Meeting: 27/04/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 8)

8 Letter from the Finance Committee regarding the engagement strategy for scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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8.21 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 26/04/2023 - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee (Item 4)

4 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - engagement strategy

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Meeting: 24/04/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Correspondence between the Chair and the Finance Committee regarding Scrutiny of the Draft Budget 2023-24

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Meeting: 24/04/2023 - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee (Item 8)

8 Correspondence from the Finance Committee to Committee Chairs: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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The Committee noted the letter from the Finance Committee to committee chairs.

Meeting: 23/03/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 4)

4 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Approach to engagement

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FIN(6)-07-23 P5 - Approach to engagement

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4.1 The Committee considered the paper on the approach to engagement in relation to the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25.

 

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