Agenda and minutes
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Transcript: Transcript for 16/10/2025 - Finance Committee
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(09.00 - 09.15) |
Registration |
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(09.15 - 09.30) |
Private Pre-meeting |
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(09.30) |
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. Julie Morgan MS substituted for Rhianon Passmore MS. 1.3 Apologies were received from Sam Rowlands MS. Peter Fox MS substituted for Sam Rowlands MS. |
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(09.30) |
Paper(s) to note Minutes: 2.1 The papers were noted. |
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PTN 1 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) - 8 July 2025 Supporting documents: |
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PTN 2 - Letter from the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union: Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2026-27 - 30 September 2025 Supporting documents: |
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PTN 3 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill - Statement of Policy Intent - 29 September 2025 Supporting documents: |
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PTN 4 - Letter from the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery: Financial implications of the Planning consolidation Bills - 10 October 2025 Supporting documents: |
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(09.30 - 11.00) |
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Evidence session 1 Mark Drakeford MS, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, Welsh Government Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury, Welsh Government Jodye Kershaw, Head of Budget Policy & Delivery, Welsh Government Supporting documents:
Minutes: 3.1 The Committee took evidence on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 from Mark Drakeford MS, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, Welsh Government; Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury, Welsh Government; and Jodye Kershaw, Head of Budget Policy and Delivery, Welsh Government. |
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(11.00) |
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 5, 6, 8 and 9. Minutes: 4.1 The motion was agreed. |
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(11.00 - 11.15) |
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Consideration of evidence with Welsh Youth Parliament Members Minutes: 5.1 The Committee invited Members of the Welsh Youth Parliament to consider the Cabinet Secretary’s evidence on the Draft Budget 2026-27. 5.2 The Cabinet Secretary responded to questions from Members of the Welsh Youth Parliament. |
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(11.15 - 11.30) |
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Consideration of evidence Minutes: 6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received. |
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(11.30 - 13.00) |
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales - Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25, and Estimate 2026-27: Evidence session Michelle Morris, Public Services Ombudsman for Wales Katrin Shaw, Executive Director, Casework & Legal Heather Beynon, Executive Director, Corporate Resources Supporting documents:
Minutes: 7.1 The Committee took evidence on the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’s Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25, and Estimate 2026-27 from Michelle Morris, Public Services Ombudsman for Wales; Katrin Shaw, Executive Director, Casework and Legal; and Heather Beynon, Executive Director, Corporate Resources. |
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(13.00 - 13.10) |
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales - Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25, and Estimate 2026-27: Consideration of evidence Minutes: 8.1 The Committee considered the evidence received. |
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(13.10 - 13.30) |
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2026-27: Consideration of draft report Supporting documents:
Minutes: 9.1 The Committee considered its draft report and agreed it with minor changes. |