Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel. View directions

Contact: Owain Roberts 

Media

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Transcript: Transcript for 29/02/2024 - Finance Committee

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(09.00-0915)

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 of the meeting held on 7 February.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 The papers were noted.

2.1

PTN 1 - Letter from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill - 21 February 2024

Supporting documents:

2.2

PTN 2 - Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee: Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Renters (Reform) Bill - 23 February 2024

Supporting documents:

2.3

PTN 3 - Letter from Sam Rowlands MS: Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - 19 February 2024

Supporting documents:

2.4

PTN 4 - Letter from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement: Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee - 26 February 2024

Supporting documents:

(09.30-10.30)

3.

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2023-24

Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Local Government

Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury

Emma Watkins, Deputy Director, Budget and Government Business

Sharon Bounds, Deputy Director, Financial Controls

 

Supporting documents:

Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2023-24

Research Service Brief

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee took evidence on Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2023-24 from Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Local Government; Emma Watkins, Deputy Director, Budget and Government Business; and Sharon Bounds, Deputy Director, Financial Controls

 

3.2 The Minister agreed to provide the following:

 

·         A note on areas of the health and social services MEG that are currently underspending.

 

·         A note on the level of subsidy per passenger in relation to trains in Wales.

(10.30)

4.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and the meeting on 6 March

Minutes:

4.1 The motion was agreed.

(10.30-10.45)

5.

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Consideration of evidence

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.