Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 2 - Senedd. View directions

Contact: Owain Roberts 

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Transcript: Transcript for 26/06/2025 - Finance Committee

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(08.30 - 08-45)

Registration

(08.45 - 09.00)

Private pre-meeting

(09.00)

1.

Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Minutes:

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

 

1.2 Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore MS. Buffy Williams MS substituted for Rhianon Passmore MS.

(09.00)

2.

Paper(s) to note

Minutes of the meetings held on 4 June and 11 June.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 The papers were noted.

2.1

PTN 1 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement: Intergovernmental Relations Annual Report - 5 June 2025

Supporting documents:

2.2

PTN 2 - Letter from the First Minister: Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement: Council of the Nations and Regions and other intergovernmental meetings- 9 June 2025

Supporting documents:

2.3

PTN 3 - Letter from the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) - 13 June 2025

Supporting documents:

2.4

PTN 4 - Letter from third sector providers of supported living across Wales to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: National Insurance pressures on third sector supported living providers - 10 June 2025

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2.5

PTN 5 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales: Additional information on the Bus Services (Wales) Bill - 12 June 2025

Supporting documents:

(09.00 - 10.00)

3.

First Supplementary Budget 2025-26: Evidence session

Mark Drakeford MS, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, Welsh Government

Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury, Welsh Government

Sharon Bounds, Deputy Director, Financial Controls, Welsh Government

 

Supporting documents:

First Supplementary Budget 2025-26 (PDF, 355KB)

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee took evidence on the First Supplementary Budget 2025-26 from Mark Drakeford MS, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, Welsh Government; Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury, Welsh Government; and Sharon Bounds, Deputy Director, Financial Controls, Welsh Government.

(10.00)

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.

(10.00 - 10.15)

5.

First Supplementary Budget 2025-26: Consideration of evidence

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

(10.15 - 10.30)

6.

Changes to the Budget Process Protocol and related budgetary procedures

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

6.1 The Committee considered the correspondence and agreed the draft letters to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, and to the Electoral Commission.