Agenda and minutes

Finance Committee (Hybrid) - Wednesday, 5 February 2025 09.30

Venue: Committee Room 3 - Senedd. View directions

Contact: Owain Roberts

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Transcript: Transcript for 05/02/2025 - 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 View the background to item 1. Minutes: 1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Finance Committee.
	2.	Paper(s) to note View the background to item 2. Minutes: 2.1 The Committee noted the papers.
	2.1	PTN 1 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Interministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) - 27 January 2025 View the background to item 2.1 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-05-25 PTN 1 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Interministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) - 27 January 2025 , item 2.1 PDF 1 MB
	2.2	PTN 2 - Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Response to the Committee's report on the Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales - 24 January 2025 View the background to item 2.2 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-05-25 PTN 2 - Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Response to the Committee's report on the Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales - 24 January 2025 , item 2.2 PDF 2 MB
	2.3	PTN 3 - Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Response to the Committee's report on the Annual Scrutiny of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales - 24 January 2025 View the background to item 2.3 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-05-25 PTN 3 - Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Response to the Committee's report on the Annual Scrutiny of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales - 24 January 2025 , item 2.3 PDF 2 MB
	2.4	PTN 4 - Letter from Audit Wales: Response to the Committee's report on the Annual scrutiny of the Wales Audit Office and the Auditor General for Wales - 23 January 2025 View the background to item 2.4 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-05-25 PTN 4 - Letter from Audit Wales: Response to the Committee's report on the Annual scrutiny of the Wales Audit Office and the Auditor General for Wales - 23 January 2025 , item 2.4 PDF 861 KB
	2.5	PTN 5 - Letter from the Llywydd and Chair of the Senedd Commission: Cardiff Bay 2032 project - 28 January 2025 View the background to item 2.5 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-05-25 PTN 5 - Letter from the Llywydd and Chair of the Senedd Commission: Cardiff Bay 2032 project - 28 January 2025 , item 2.5 PDF 753 KB
	2.6	PTN 6 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Memorandum of Understanding between the UK government and the Welsh Government: Investment zones - 29 January 2025 View the background to item 2.6 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-05-25 PTN 6 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Memorandum of Understanding between the UK government and the Welsh Government: Investment zones - 29 January 2025 , item 2.6 PDF 678 KB
	2.7	PTN 7 - Letter from the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of Welsh Rates of Income Tax 2023-24 - 29 January 2025 View the background to item 2.7 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-05-25 PTN 7 - Letter from the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of Welsh Rates of Income Tax 2023-24 - 29 January 2025 , item 2.7 PDF 636 KB
	2.8	PTN 8 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Written information from Sparkle (Children's Charity) - 29 January 2025 View the background to item 2.8 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-05-25 PTN 8 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Written information from Sparkle (Children's Charity) - 29 January 2025 , item 2.8 PDF 307 KB View as HTML (2.8/1) 18 KB
(09.30 - 10.30)	3.	Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 9 View the background to item 3. Rowland Rees-Evans, Chair, Wales Tourism Alliance David Chapman, Executive Director, Wales, UK Hospitality Cymru Roy Church, Co-Chair, Welsh Association of Visitor Attractions Supporting documents: FIN(6)-05-25 P1 – Wales Tourism Alliance FIN(6)-05-25 P2 – UK Hospitality Cymru FIN(6)-05-25 P3 – Welsh Association of Visitor Attractions FIN(6)-05-25 P4 – Additional evidence: Welsh Association of Visitor Attractions Senedd Research Brief Supporting documents: FIN(6)-05-25 P1 – Wales Tourism Alliance , item 3. PDF 1 MB FIN(6)-05-25 P2 – UK Hospitality Cymru , item 3. PDF 323 KB View as HTML (3./2) 21 KB FIN(6)-05-25 P3 – Welsh Association of Visitor Attractions , item 3. PDF 243 KB View as HTML (3./3) 16 KB FIN(6)-05-25 P4 – Additional evidence: Welsh Association of Visitor Attractions , item 3. PDF 994 KB Restricted enclosure 24 View the reasons why document 3./5 is restricted Minutes: 3.1 The Committee took evidence on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill from Rowland Rees-Evans, Chair, Wales Tourism Alliance; David Chapman, Executive Director, Wales, UK Hospitality Cymru; and Roy Church, Co-Chair, Welsh Association of Visitor Attractions.
(10.30 - 10.40)		Break
(10.40 - 11.40)	4.	Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10 View the background to item 4. Zoë Hawkins, Chief Executive, MWT Cymru Emma Thornton, Chief Executive, Visit Pembrokeshire Jim Jones, Managing Director, North Wales Tourism Iwan Thomas, Chief Executive, PLANED Supporting documents: FIN(6)-05-25 P5 – MWT Cymru FIN(6)-05-25 P6 – Visit Pembrokeshire FIN(6)-05-25 P7 – North Wales Tourism FIN(6)-05-25 P8 – PLANED Senedd Research Brief Supporting documents: FIN(6)-05-25 P5 – MWT Cymru , item 4. PDF 321 KB View as HTML (4./1) 63 KB FIN(6)-05-25 P6 – Visit Pembrokeshire , item 4. PDF 844 KB FIN(6)-05-25 P7 – North Wales Tourism , item 4. PDF 1007 KB FIN(6)-05-25 P8 – PLANED , item 4. PDF 711 KB Restricted enclosure 30 View the reasons why document 4./5 is restricted Minutes: 4.1 The Committee took evidence on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill from Zoë Hawkins, Chief Executive, MWT Cymru; Emma Thornton, Chief Executive, Visit Pembrokeshire; Jim Jones, Managing Director, North Wales Tourism; and Iwan Thomas, Chief Executive, PLANED.
	5.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. View the background to item 5. Minutes: 5.1 The motion was agreed.
(11.40 - 12.00)	6.	Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence View the background to item 6. Minutes: 6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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