Agenda and minutes

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Transcript: Transcript for 13/03/2019 - Finance Committee - Fifth Senedd

Items
Expected timing No. Item

09:00

1.

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Minutes:

1.1        The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2        Apologies were received from Neil Hamilton AM

09:00

2.

Paper(s) to note

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1The papers were noted.

2.1

Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services: Autism (Wales) Bill Stage 1 Scrutiny - Welsh Government response

Supporting documents:

2.2

Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd: Welsh Government's tax policy work plan for 2019

Supporting documents:

2.3

Letter from the Wales Audit Office: Civil service pension scheme – increase to employer contributions 2019

Supporting documents:

09:00

3.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

Minutes:

3.1 The motion was agreed.

09:00-10:00

4.

Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill - Technical briefing

Assembly Commission officials

·         Anna Daniel, Head of Strategic Transformation Service

·         Matthew Richards, Head of Legal Services

·         Tom Jackson, Clerk/Bill Manager- Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill, Strategic Transformation Service.

 

Welsh Government Officials

·         Angharad Thomas Richards; Local Government Democracy Division

·         Sian Williams, Democracy, Local Government Democracy Division.

 

Paper 1 - Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill - Technical briefing note

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee received a technical briefing on the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill.

10:00-10:30

5.

Scoping paper: Directly funded bodies' annual budget proposals

Paper 2 - Scoping paper

Paper 3 - Letter from Suzy Davies, Assembly Commissioner - 31 January 2019

Paper 4 - Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales – 4 February 2019

Paper 5 - Letter from Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – 11 February 2019

Paper 6 - Letter from the Auditor General for Wales – 22 February 2019

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee considered the scoping paper.

10:30-10:50

6.

Concurrent scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2019-20: Consideration of draft report

Paper 7 - Concurrent scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2019-20: Draft report

Paper 8 – Letter from the Equality and Human Rights Commission – 21 February

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

6.1 The Committee agreed the report.