Agenda and draft minutes

Venue: Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel. View directions

Contact: Owain Roberts 

Media

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Transcript: Transcript for 01/05/2024 - Finance Committee

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(09.00-09.15)

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:

2.1 The papers were noted.

2.1

PTN 1- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution & Cabinet Office: Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Act 2022 - 19 April 2024

Supporting documents:

2.2

PTN 2 - Letter from the Counsel General: Update on the recommendations made in the Finance Committee's report on the Financial implications of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill - 23 April 2024

Supporting documents:

2.3

PTN 3 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution & Cabinet Office regarding two analytical reports which use income tax data to explore migration - 24 April 2024

Supporting documents:

2.11

PTN 4 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution & Cabinet Office: Response to recommendations made in the Finance Committee's report on the Second Supplementary Budget 2023-24 - 25 April 2024

Supporting documents:

(09.30-10.30)

3.

Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations: Evidence session 3

Professor Nicola McEwen, Director of the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Glasgow

Professor Michael Kenny, Director at Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge

 

Supporting documents:

Senedd Research Brief

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee took evidence on its inquiry into Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations from Professor Nicola McEwen, Director of the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Glasgow; and Professor Michael Kenny, Director at Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge.

 

(10.30-10.40)

Break

(10.40-11.30)

4.

Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations: Evidence session 4

Dr Paul Anderson, Senior Lecturer in Politics at Liverpool John Moores University

 

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-10-24 P1 – Dr Paul Anderson: Consultation response

Senedd Research Brief

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee took evidence on its inquiry into Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations from Dr Paul Anderson, Senior Lecturer in Politics at Liverpool John Moores University.

(11.30)

5.

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

Minutes:

5.1 The motion was agreed.

(11.30-11.40)

6.

Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations: Consideration of evidence

Minutes:

6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

(11.40-12.10)

7.

Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Terms of Reference

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-10-24 P2 – Scoping paper

FIN(6)-10-24 P3 - PSOW draft terms of reference / candidate list

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee agreed its terms of reference and approach to its review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.

(12.10-12.25)

8.

Update on the Wales Audit Office Board Membership

Supporting documents:

FIN(6)-10-24 P4 – Cover paper

FIN(6)-10-24 P5 – Terms and conditions of Non-Executive Board Members

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

8.1 The Committee considered the paper relating to the Wales Audit Office Board Membership and agreed the action points included within the paper.