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Finance Committee (Hybrid) - Thursday, 12 December 2024 09.30

Venue: Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel. View directions

Contact: Owain Roberts

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Transcript: Transcript for 12/12/2024 - Finance Committee

Items
Expected timing	No.	Item
(09.00-09.15)		Registration
(09.15-09.30)		Private pre-meeting
(09.30)	1.	Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest View the background to item 1. Minutes: 1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Finance Committee. 1.2 Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore MS. Hannah Blythyn MS substituted for Rhianon Passmore MS.
(09.30)	2.	Paper(s) to note View the background to item 2. Minutes: 2.1 The Committee noted the papers.
	2.1	PTN 1 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee: Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee (IMSC) - 2 December 2024 View the background to item 2.1 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-27-24 PTN 1 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee: Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee (IMSC) - 2 December 2024 , item 2.1 PDF 729 KB
	2.2	PTN 2 - Letter from the First Minister of Wales to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee: Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement: 42nd British-Irish Council Summit - 6 December 2024 View the background to item 2.2 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-27-24 PTN 2 - Letter from the First Minister of Wales to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee: Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement: 42nd British-Irish Council Summit - 6 December 2024 , item 2.2 PDF 720 KB
	2.3	PTN 3 - Welsh Government response to the Committee's report on the First Supplementary Budget 2024-25 - 2 December 2024 View the background to item 2.3 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-27-24 PTN 3 - Welsh Government response to the Committee's report on the First Supplementary Budget 2024-25 - 2 December 2024 , item 2.3 PDF 956 KB
(09.30-11.00)	3.	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 1 View the background to item 3. Mark Drakeford MS, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury, Welsh Government Emma Watkins, Deputy Director, Budget & Government Business, Welsh Government Supporting documents: Consultation responses Senedd Research Brief Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 10 View the reasons why document 3./1 is restricted Minutes: 3.1 The Committee took evidence on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 from Mark Drakeford MS, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, Welsh Government; Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury, Welsh Government; and Emma Watkins, Deputy Director, Budget and Government Business, Welsh Government. 3.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language to request additional information on the Draft Budget 2025-26.
(11.00)	4.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. View the background to item 4. Minutes: 4.1 The motion was agreed.
(11.00-11.15)	5.	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Consideration of evidence View the background to item 5. Minutes: 5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.
(11.15-11.30)	6.	Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019: Post-Legislative Review View the background to item 6. Supporting documents: FIN(6)-27-24 P1 – Scope and approach paper Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 12 View the reasons why document 6./1 is restricted Minutes: 6.1 The Committee considered the scoping paper on the Post-legislative review of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019 and agreed the actions included in the paper.

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