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Transcript: Transcript for 27/02/2020 - Finance Committee - Fifth Senedd

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(09.00)

1.

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Minutes:

1.1         The Chair welcomed Members and witnesses to the meeting.

 

1.2         Apologies were received from Siân Gwenllian AM and Alun Davies AM.

(09.00)

2.

Papers to note

Minutes of the meeting held on 6 February 2020

Minutes of the meeting held on 12 February 2020

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 The papers were noted.

2.1

Letter from the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services - Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill - 11 February 2020

Supporting documents:

(09.00-09.55)

3.

Impact of variations in national and sub-national income tax: Evidence session 1

David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies

 

Paper 1 – Written evidence: Institute for Fiscal Studies

Research brief

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee took evidence from David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies on the impact of variations in national and sub-national income tax.

(10.00-11.00)

4.

Impact of variations in national and sub-national income tax: Evidence session 2

Ed Poole, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Cardiff University

Guto Ifan, Research Associate, Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff University

David Bradbury, Head of the Tax Policy and Statistics Division, OECD

Bert Brys, Head of the Country Tax Policy and Personal & Property Taxes Units, OECD

 

Paper 2 – Written evidence: Wales Fiscal Analysis

Research brief

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee took evidence from Dr Ed Poole, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Cardiff University; Guto Ifan, Research Associate, Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff University; David Bradbury, Head of the Tax Policy and Statistics Division, OECD (via Skype); Bert Brys, Head of the Country Tax Policy and Personal and Property Taxes Units, OECD (via Skype); and Sean Dougherty, Senior Advisor, OECD (via Skype) on the impact of variations in national and sub-national income tax.

(11.00)

5.

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

Minutes:

5.1 The motion was agreed.

(11.00-11.20)

6.

Impact of variations in national and sub-national income tax: Consideration of evidence

Minutes:

6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

(11.20-11.50)

7.

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2019-20: Consideration of draft report

Paper 3 – Draft report

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee agreed its report with minor changes.

(11.50-12.00)

8.

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21: Consideration of pre-final Budget

Paper 4 - Policy Committee Draft Budget 2020-21 reports

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

8.1 The Committee noted the reports of other committees’ scrutiny of the draft Budget 2020-21, ahead of the debate on 3 March 2020.