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Transcript: Transcript for 15/01/2025 - Finance Committee
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(08.30 - 08.45) |
Registration |
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(08.45 - 09.00) |
Private pre-meeting |
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(09.00) |
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest Minutes: 1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Finance Committee. |
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(09.00) |
Paper(s) to note Minutes: 2.1 The Committee noted the papers. |
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PTN 1 - Letter from the Llywydd to the Chairs' Forum: Representation on inter-parliamentary bodies - 7 January 2025 Supporting documents: |
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PTN 2 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Further information from the Cabinet Secretary on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill, following his attendance at Finance Committee on 5 December – 7 January 2025 Supporting documents: |
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(09.00 - 10.00) |
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 5 Cllr Lis Burnett, Leader, Vale of Glamorgan Council Cllr Nia Jeffreys, Leader, Gwynedd Council Cllr Andrew Morgan, Leader, Rhondda Cynon Taf Borough Council Cllr Anthony Hunt, Leader, Torfaen County Borough Council Supporting documents: FIN(6)-02-25 P1 – Welsh Local Government Association Senedd Research Brief Supporting documents:
Minutes: 3.1 The Committee took evidence on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 from Cllr Lis Burnett, Leader, Vale of Glamorgan Council; Cllr Nia Jeffreys, Leader, Gwynedd Council; Cllr Andrew Morgan, Leader, Rhondda Cynon Taf Borough Council; and Cllr Anthony Hunt, Leader, Torfaen County Borough Council. 3.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Welsh Local Government Association with an additional question on the Shared Prosperity Fund that wasn’t reached during the evidence session. |
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(10.00 - 10.10) |
Break |
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(10.10 - 11.10) |
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 6 Darren Hughes, Director, Welsh NHS Confederation Catherine Phillips, Executive Director of Finance, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Chair of the Executive Directors of Finance Peer Group Lance Carver, Chair, Association of Directors of Social Services Cymru (ADSS Cymru) and Director of Social Services at Vale of Glamorgan Council Jane Thomas, Director of Corporate Services, Powys County Council (also the s.151 Officer representing the Society of Welsh Treasurers) Supporting documents: FIN(6)-02-25 P2 – Welsh NHS Confederation FIN(6)-02-25 P3 – ADSS Cymru and Welsh Local Government Association (WGLA) Senedd Research Brief Supporting documents:
Minutes: The Committee took evidence on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 from Darren Hughes, Director, Welsh NHS Confederation; Catherine Phillips, Executive Director of Finance, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Chair of the Executive Directors of Finance Peer Group; Lance Carver, Chair, Association of Directors of Social Services Cymru (ADSS Cymru) and Director of Social Services at Vale of Glamorgan Council; and Jane Thomas, Director of Corporate Services, Powys County Council (also the s.151 Officer representing the Society of Welsh Treasurers) |
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(11.20 - 12.10) |
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 7 Victoria Winckler, Director, Bevan Foundation Supporting documents: FIN(6)-02-25 P4 - Bevan Foundation Senedd Research Brief Supporting documents:
Minutes: 5.1 The Committee took evidence on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 from Victoria Winckler, Director, Bevan Foundation. |
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(12.10) |
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. Minutes: 6.1 The motion was agreed. |
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(12.10 - 12.25) |
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Consideration of evidence Minutes: 7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received. |
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(12.25 - 12.30) |
The Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Supporting documents: The Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 FIN(6)-02-25 P5 - Legal Services note Supporting documents:
Minutes: 8.1 The Committee considered the briefing note on the Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024; noted the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee’s report on these regulations and decided not to issue a separate report. |
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(12.30 - 12.35) |
The Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Special Tax Sites Relief) (Wales) Regulations 2025 Supporting documents: The Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Special Tax Sites Relief) (Wales) Regulations 2025 FIN(6)-02-25 P6 - Legal Services note Supporting documents:
Minutes: 9.1 The Committee considered the briefing note on the Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Special Tax Sites Relief) (Wales) Regulations 2025; noted the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee’s report on these regulations and decided not to issue a separate report. |
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(12.35 - 12.40) |
Consultation on revision of the Code of Audit Practice of the Auditor General for Wales Supporting documents: FIN(6)-02-25 P7 – Cover paper: Consultation on the Auditor General's Code of Audit Practice Supporting documents:
Minutes: 10.1 The Committee noted the paper on the consultation on revision of the Code of Audit Practice of the Auditor General for Wales and decided not to respond formally. |
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(12.40 - 12.45) |
Audit Wales Fee Scheme 2025-26 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-02-25 P8 – Fee Scheme 2025-26 Supporting documents: Minutes: 11.1 The Committee approved the Audit Wales Fee Scheme 2025-26. |