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Transcript: Transcript for 23/01/2025 - Finance Committee
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(09.00 - 09.15) |
Registration |
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(09.15 - 09.30) |
Private pre-meeting |
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(09.30) |
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest Minutes: 1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Finance Committee. 1.2 Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore MS. John Griffiths MS substituted for Rhianon Passmore MS. |
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(09.30) |
Paper(s) to note Minutes: 2.1 The Committee noted the papers. |
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PTN 1 - Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: Welsh Government response to the Finance Committee's report recommendations - 13 January 2025 Supporting documents: |
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PTN 2 - Letter from the Women's Equality Network (WEN) Wales to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip: Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill - 10 January 2025 Supporting documents: |
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PTN 3 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Implications of Budgets not being approved by the Senedd - 16 January 2025 Supporting documents: |
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PTN 4 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Additional information received from the WLGA in relation to the Shared Prosperity Fund - 16 January 2025 Supporting documents: |
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PTN 5 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Inter-Ministerial Group for Business and Industry - 17 January 2025 Supporting documents: |
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(09.30 - 11.15) |
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 8 Mark Drakeford MS, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh
Language Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury, Welsh Government Emma Watkins, Deputy Director, Budget & Government Business, Welsh Government Supporting documents: Welsh
Government Draft Budget 2025 - 2026 Senedd Research Brief Supporting documents:
Minutes: 3.1 The Committee took evidence on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 from Mark Drakeford MS, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, Welsh Government; Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury, Welsh Government; and Emma Watkins, Deputy Director, Budget and Government Business, Welsh Government. |
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 5, 6 and 9; and the start of the meeting on 30 January 2025 Minutes: 4.1 The motion was agreed. |
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(11.15 - 11.30) |
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Consideration of evidence Minutes: 5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received. |
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(11.30 - 12.00) |
Second Supplementary Budget 2024-25 requests from Directly Funded Bodies Supporting documents: FIN(6)-03-25 P1 – Cover paper: Second Supplementary Budget 2024-25 requests from Directly Funded Bodies FIN(6)-03-25 P2 – Public Services Ombudsman for Wales FIN(6)-03-25 P3 – Senedd Commission Supporting documents:
Minutes: 6.1 The Committee considered and agreed the requested variations to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’s Estimate 2024-25; and the Senedd Commission’s Budget 2024-25. |
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(12.00 - 13.00) |
Lunch |
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Public |
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(13.00 - 14.00) |
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2 Dr Rhys Ap Gwilym, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Bangor Business School, Bangor University Dr Linda Osti, Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management, Bangor Business School, Bangor University Supporting documents: FIN(6)-03-25 P4 – Bangor Business School, Bangor University Senedd Research Brief Supporting documents:
Minutes: 7.1 The Committee took evidence on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill from Dr Rhys Ap Gwilym, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Bangor Business School, Bangor University; and Dr Linda Osti, Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management, Bangor Business School, Bangor University. |
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(14.00 - 14.10) |
Break |
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(14.10 - 15.10) |
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3 Professor Calvin Jones, Professor of Economics, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University Supporting documents: FIN(6)-03-25 P5 – Professor Calvin Jones Senedd Research Brief Supporting documents:
Minutes: 8.1 The Committee took evidence on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill from Professor Calvin Jones, Professor of Economics, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. |
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Private |
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(15.10 - 15.30) |
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence Minutes: 9.1 The Committee considered the evidence received. |