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Finance Committee (Remote) - Monday, 1 December 2025 09.45

Venue: Committee Room 5 - Tŷ Hywel. View directions

Contact: Owain Roberts

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Transcript: Transcript for 01/12/2025 - 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 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 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales: Bus Services (Wales) Bill - Wales Centre for Public Policy Report - 17 November 2025 View the background to item 2.1 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-27-25 PTN 1 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales: Bus Services (Wales) Bill - Wales Centre for Public Policy Report - 17 November 2025 , item 2.1 PDF 271 KB
	2.2	PTN 2 - Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Roundtable discussions on funding the Devolved Governments, and Welsh Taxes - 18 November 2025 View the background to item 2.2 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-27-25 PTN 2 - Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Roundtable discussions on funding the Devolved Governments, and Welsh Taxes - 18 November 2025 , item 2.2 PDF 233 KB
	2.3	PTN 3 - Welsh Government response to the Finance Committee's report: Post-legislative review of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019 - 17 November 2025 View the background to item 2.3 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-27-25 PTN 3 - Welsh Government response to the Finance Committee's report: Post-legislative review of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019 - 17 November 2025 , item 2.3 PDF 191 KB
	2.4	PTN 4 - Letter from Audit Wales: Audit Fees Consultation 2026-27 - 17 November 2025 View the background to item 2.4 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-27-25 PTN 4 - Letter from Audit Wales: Audit Fees Consultation 2026-27 - 17 November 2025 , item 2.4 PDF 280 KB
	2.5	PTN 5 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Budget Process Protocol - 18 November 2025 View the background to item 2.5 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-27-25 PTN 5 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Budget Process Protocol - 18 November 2025 , item 2.5 PDF 208 KB
	2.6	PTN 6 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Prohibition of the Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill - 18 November 2025 View the background to item 2.6 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-27-25 PTN 6 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Prohibition of the Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill - 18 November 2025 , item 2.6 PDF 387 KB
	2.7	PTN 7 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee (IMSC) - 18 November 2025 View the background to item 2.7 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-27-25 PTN 7 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee (IMSC) - 18 November 2025 , item 2.7 PDF 205 KB
	2.8	PTN 8 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill - 18 November 2025 View the background to item 2.8 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-27-25 PTN 8 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill - 18 November 2025 , item 2.8 PDF 275 KB
	2.9	PTN 9 - Letter from the Chair of the Member Accountability Committee: Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill – consultation responses - 24 November 2025 View the background to item 2.9 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-27-25 PTN 9 - Letter from the Chair of the Member Accountability Committee: Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill – consultation responses - 24 November 2025 , item 2.9 PDF 94 KB
	2.10	PTN 10 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill - 25 November 2025 View the background to item 2.10 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-27-25 PTN 10 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill - 25 November 2025 , item 2.10 PDF 357 KB
	2.11	PTN 11 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales: Bus Services (Wales) Bill – Revised Explanatory Memorandum and Regulatory Impact Assessment - 25 November 2025 View the background to item 2.11 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-27-25 PTN 11 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales: Bus Services (Wales) Bill – Revised Explanatory Memorandum and Regulatory Impact Assessment - 25 November 2025 , item 2.11 PDF 286 KB
(09.30 - 10.15)	3.	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Evidence session 8 View the background to item 3. Professor David Miles, Budget Responsibility Committee Member, Office for Budget Responsibility Tom Josephs, Budget Responsibility Committee Member, Office for Budget Responsibility Supporting documents: FIN(6)-27-25 P1 - Welsh taxes outlook (October 2025) , item 3. PDF 158 KB Restricted enclosure 27 View the reasons why document 3./2 is restricted Minutes: 3.1 The Committee took evidence on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 from Professor David Miles, Budget Responsibility Committee Member, Office for Budget Responsibility; and Tom Josephs, Budget Responsibility Committee Member, Office for Budget Responsibility.
(10.15 - 10.30)		Break
(10.30 - 12.15)	4.	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Evidence session 9 View the background to item 4. 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: Restricted enclosure 29 View the reasons why document 4./1 is restricted Minutes: 4.1 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 & Delivery, Welsh Government. 4.2 The Cabinet Secretary agreed to provide further information on the Welsh Government’s work in relation to gender budgeting.
	5.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting, and the meeting on 11 December 2025 View the background to item 5. Minutes: 5.1 The motion was agreed.
(12.15 - 12.30)	6.	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Consideration of evidence View the background to item 6. Minutes: 6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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