Agenda and draft minutes

Finance Committee (Hybrid) - Thursday, 20 November 2025 09.30

Venue: Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel. View directions

Contact: Owain Roberts

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Transcript: Transcript for 20/11/2025 - Finance Committee

Items
Expected timing	No.	Item
(09.00 - 09.15)		Registration
(09.15 - 09.30)		Private pre-meeting
(09.30)	1.	Introduction, 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.
(09.30)	2.	Paper(s) to note View the background to item 2. Minutes: 2.1 The papers were noted.
	2.1	PTN 1 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Local Growth Fund - 7 November 2025 View the background to item 2.1 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-26-25 PTN 1 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Local Growth Fund - 7 November 2025 , item 2.1 PDF 204 KB
	2.2	PTN 2 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Independent Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Secretariat Annual reports for 2022-23 and 2023-24 - 11 November 2025 View the background to item 2.2 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-26-25 PTN 2 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Independent Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Secretariat Annual reports for 2022-23 and 2023-24 - 11 November 2025 , item 2.2 PDF 226 KB
	2.3	PTN 3 - Letter from the Welsh NHS Confederation - Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Inflationary pressures - 11 November 2025 View the background to item 2.3 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-26-25 PTN 3 - Letter from the Welsh NHS Confederation - Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Inflationary pressures - 11 November 2025 , item 2.3 PDF 186 KB
	2.4	PTN 4 - Letter from the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) - Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Inflationary pressures - 12 November 2025 View the background to item 2.4 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-26-25 PTN 4 - Letter from the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) - Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Inflationary pressures - 12 November 2025 , item 2.4 PDF 359 KB
	2.5	PTN 5 - Senedd Commission response to the Finance Committee's report on the Senedd Commission Budget 2026-27 - 11 November 2025 View the background to item 2.5 Supporting documents: FIN(6)-26-25 PTN 5 - Senedd Commission response to the Finance Committee's report on the Senedd Commission Budget 2026-27 - 11 November 2025 , item 2.5 PDF 316 KB
(09.30 -10.30)	3.	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Evidence session 6 View the background to item 3. Professor Melanie Jones, Academic Lead, Wales Productivity Forum Professor Arnab Bhattacharjee, Regional Modelling and Microsimulation, National Institute of Economic and Social Research Supporting documents: FIN(6)-26-25 P1 - Written evidence: Wales Productivity Forum , item 3. PDF 643 KB FIN(6)-26-25 P2 - Written evidence: National Institute of Economic and Social Research , item 3. PDF 107 KB Restricted enclosure 16 View the reasons why document 3./3 is restricted Minutes: 3.1 The Committee took evidence on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 from Professor Melanie Jones, Academic Lead, Wales Productivity Forum; and Professor Arnab Bhattacharjee, Regional Modelling and Microsimulation, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
(10.30 - 10.45)		Break
(10.45 - 11.45)	4.	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Evidence session 7 View the background to item 4. Marc Strathie, Devolved senior policy advisor, Institute of Directors Josh Miles, Head of Wales, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Wales Sara Jones, Head of the Welsh Retail Consortium Supporting documents: FIN(6)-26-25 P3 - Written evidence: Institute of Directors , item 4. PDF 499 KB FIN(6)-26-25 P4 - Written evidence: Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Wales , item 4. PDF 481 KB FIN(6)-26-25 P5 - Written evidence: CBI Wales , item 4. PDF 99 KB Restricted enclosure 21 View the reasons why document 4./4 is restricted Minutes: 4.1 The Committee took evidence on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 from Marc Strathie, Devolved senior policy advisor, Institute of Directors; Josh Miles, Head of Wales, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Wales; and Sara Jones, Head of the Welsh Retail Consortium.
(11.45)	5.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 6, 7, 8 and 10 View the background to item 5. Minutes: 5.1 The motion was agreed.
(11.45 - 12.00)	6.	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Consideration of evidence View the background to item 6. Minutes: 6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.
(12.00 - 12.15)	7.	Public Services Ombudsman for Wales - Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25, and Estimate 2026-27: Consideration of draft report View the background to item 7. Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 23 View the reasons why document 7./1 is restricted Minutes: 7.1 The Committee considered its draft report and agreed it with no changes.
(12.15 - 12.30)	8.	Annual scrutiny of the Wales Audit Office and the Auditor General for Wales: Consideration of draft report View the background to item 8. Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 25 View the reasons why document 8./1 is restricted Minutes: 8.1 The Committee considered its draft report and agreed it with no changes.
(12.30 - 13.00)		Break
(13.00 - 14.00)	9.	Financial implications of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill: Evidence session View the background to item 9. Julie James MS, Counsel General and Minister for Delivery Ryan Price, Head of Senedd Policy, Welsh Government Will Whiteley, Deputy Director, Senedd Reform, Welsh Government Supporting documents Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill, as introduced (PDF, 1.3MB) Explanatory Memorandum (PDF, 1.3MB) Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 27 View the reasons why document 9./1 is restricted Minutes: 9.1 The Committee took evidence on the financial implications of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill from Julie James MS, Counsel General and Minister for Delivery; Ryan Price, Head of Senedd Policy, Welsh Government; and Will Whiteley, Deputy Director, Senedd Reform, Welsh Government.
(14.00 - 14.15)	10.	Financial implications of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill: Consideration of evidence View the background to item 10. Minutes: 10.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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