Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 3 - Senedd. View directions

Contact: Owain Roberts 

Media

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Transcript: Transcript for 16/10/2024 - 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

Minutes:

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Finance Committee.

(09.30)

2.

Paper(s) to note

Minutes:

2.1 The Committee noted the papers.

2.1

PTN 1 - Letter from the First Minister to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee: Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement: Forthcoming Intergovernmental Meetings - 10 October 2024

Supporting documents:

(09.30-11.00)

3.

Public Services Ombudsman for Wales (PSOW) - Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24, and Estimate 2025-26: Evidence session

Michelle Morris, Public Services Ombudsman for Wales

Chris Vinestock, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Improvement

Katrin Shaw, Chief Legal Adviser and Director of Investigations

 

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-21-24 P1 - Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24

FIN(6)-21-24 P2 - Public Services Ombudsman for Wales Estimate for the Financial Year 2025-26

Senedd Research Brief

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee took evidence on the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’s Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24, and Estimate 2025-26 from Michelle Morris, Public Services Ombudsman for Wales; Chris Vinestock, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Improvement, Office of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales; and Katrin Shaw, Chief Legal Adviser and Director of Investigations, Office of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.

 

3.2 The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales agreed to update the Committee on the outcome of a permission hearing that is scheduled for the 13 November, in relation to an ongoing Code of Conduct case.

(11.00)

4.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting.

Minutes:

4.1 The motion was agreed.

(11.00-11.15)

5.

Public Services Ombudsman for Wales (PSOW) - Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24, and Estimate 2025-26: Consideration of evidence

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

(11.15-11.30)

6.

Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Consideration of draft report

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-21-24 P3 Draft report

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

6.1 The Committee considered the draft report and agreed it with minor changes.

(11.30-11.45)

7.

Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Consideration of draft report

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-21-24 P4 - Draft report (To be included in a supplementary pack)

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee considered the draft report and agreed it with minor changes.