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Finance Committee (Hybrid) - Wednesday, 5 November 2025 09.30

Venue: Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel. View directions

Contact: Owain Roberts

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Transcript: Transcript for 05/11/2025 - Finance Committee

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Expected timing	No.	Item
(09.00-09.15)		Registration
(09.15-09.30)		Private pre-meeting
(09.30)	1.	Introduction, 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 Sam Rowlnds MS. Peter Fox MS substituted for Sam Rowlands MS. 1.3 Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore MS. There was no substitute for Rhianon Passmore MS.
(09.30)	2.	Paper(s) to note View the background to item 2. Minutes: 2.1 The papers were noted.
	2.1	PTN 1 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27- Written evidence: National Institute of Economic and Social Research - October 2025 View the background to item 2.1 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-24-25 PTN 1 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27- Written evidence: National Institute of Economic and Social Research - October 2025 , item 2.1 PDF 107 KB
	2.2	PTN 2 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27- Written evidence: Professional Association of Self-Caterers UK, Cymru - October 2025 View the background to item 2.2 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-24-25 PTN 2 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27- Written evidence: Professional Association of Self-Caterers UK, Cymru - October 2025 , item 2.2 PDF 300 KB
	2.3	PTN 3 - Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Additional information from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government - 17 October 2025 View the background to item 2.3 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-24-25 PTN 3 - Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Additional information from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government - 17 October 2025 , item 2.3 PDF 573 KB
	2.4	PTN 4 - Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Additional information from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 30 October 2025 View the background to item 2.4 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-24-25 PTN 4 - Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Additional information from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 30 October 2025 , item 2.4 PDF 399 KB
	2.5	PTN 5 - Letter from the Office for National Statistics to the Chair of the Finance Committee: Census 2031 - 28 October 2025 View the background to item 2.5 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-24-25 PTN 5 - Letter from the Office for National Statistics to the Chair of the Finance Committee: Census 2031 - 28 October 2025 , item 2.5 PDF 109 KB
	2.6	PTN 6 - Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill - Welsh Government response to the Finance Committee's report - 30 October 2025 View the background to item 2.6 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-24-25 PTN 6 - Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill - Welsh Government response to the Finance Committee's report - 30 October 2025 , item 2.6 PDF 454 KB
	2.7	PTN 7 - Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill - Welsh Government response to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee's report - 30 October 2025 View the background to item 2.7 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-24-25 PTN 7 - Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill - Welsh Government response to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee's report - 30 October 2025 , item 2.7 PDF 243 KB
	2.8	PTN 8 - Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Tourism Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) - 31 October 2025 View the background to item 2.8 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-24-25 PTN 8 - Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Meeting of the Tourism Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) - 31 October 2025 , item 2.8 PDF 200 KB
	2.9	PTN 9 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Finance and Welsh Language: Finance:Inter- Ministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) – 31 October 2025 View the background to item 2.9 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-24-25 PTN 9 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Finance and Welsh Language: Finance:Inter- Ministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) – 31 October 2025 , item 2.9 PDF 195 KB
	2.10	PTN 10 - Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill: Welsh Government response to the Finance Committee's report - 31 October 2025 View the background to item 2.10 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-24-25 PTN 10 - Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill: Welsh Government response to the Finance Committee's report - 31 October 2025 , item 2.10 PDF 259 KB
(09.30-10.30)	3.	Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2026-27 and Interim Report 2025-26: Evidence session View the background to item 3. Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales, Audit Wales Dr Ian Rees, Chair of the Wales Audit Office, Audit Wales Kevin Thomas, Executive Director for Corporate Services, Audit Wales Ann-Marie Harkin, Executive Director for Audit Services, Audit Wales Supporting documents: FIN(6)-24-25 P1- Estimate of Income and Expenses for Audit Wales for the year ended 31 March 2027 , item 3. PDF 634 KB FIN(6)-24-25 P2 – Supporting information for the Estimate of Income and Expenses for Audit Wales for the year ended 31 March 2027 , item 3. PDF 665 KB FIN(6)-24-25 P3 – Interim Report – An assessment of progress made against our 2025-26 Annual Plan during the period 1 April to 30 September 2025 , item 3. PDF 671 KB Restricted enclosure 27 View the reasons why document 3./4 is restricted Minutes: 3.1 The Committee took evidence on Audit Wales’s Estimate 2026-27 and Interim Report 2025-26 from Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales, Audit Wales; Dr Ian Rees, Chair of the Wales Audit Office, Audit Wales; Kevin Thomas, Executive Director for Corporate Services, Audit Wales; and Ann-Marie Harkin, Executive Director for Audit Services, Audit Wales.
(10.30-10.45)		Break
(10.45-11.45)	4.	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Evidence session 3 View the background to item 4. Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales, Audit Wales Dave Thomas, Director, Audit Wales Matthew Mortlock, Director, Audit Wales Supporting documents: FIN(6)-24-25 P4 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27- Written evidence: Audit Wales – October 2025 , item 4. PDF 210 KB Restricted enclosure 30 View the reasons why document 4./2 is restricted Minutes: 4.1 The Committee took evidence on the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2026-27 from Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales, Audit Wales; Dave Thomas, Director, Audit Wales; and Matthew Mortlock, Director, Audit Wales.
(11.45)	5.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting View the background to item 5. Minutes: 5.1 The motion was agreed.
(11.45-11.55)	6.	Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2026-27 and Interim Report 2025-26: Consideration of evidence View the background to item 6. Minutes: 6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.
(11.55-12.05)	7.	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Consideration of evidence View the background to item 7. Minutes: 7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.
(12.05 - 12.15)	8.	Financial implications of the Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report View the background to item 8. Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 32 View the reasons why document 8./1 is restricted Minutes: 8.1 The Committee considered its draft report on the financial implications of the Building Safety (Wales) Bill and agreed it with no changes.

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