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Transcript: Transcript for 10/01/2024 - Finance Committee
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Registration (09.00-09.15) |
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Private pre-meeting - Informal (09.15-09.30) |
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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. |
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(09.30) |
Paper(s) to note Minutes: 2.1 The paper was noted. |
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PTN 1 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Report on Outturn 2022-23 - 22 December 2023 Supporting documents: |
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(09.30-10.15) |
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 2 Richard Hughes, Chair, Office for Budget Responsibility Professor David Miles, Budget Responsibility Committee member, Office for Budget Responsibility Tom Josephs, Budget Responsibility Committee member, Office for Budget Responsibility Supporting documents: FIN(6)-01-24 P1 - Welsh taxes outlook (December 2023) Research Service Brief Supporting documents:
Minutes: 3.1 The Committee took evidence on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 from Richard Hughes, Chair, Office for Budget Responsibility; Professor David Miles, Budget Responsibility Committee member, Office for Budget Responsibility; and Tom Josephs, Budget Responsibility Committee member, Office for Budget Responsibility. 3.2 The Office for Budget Responsibility agreed to provide: ·
A note on the timescale of work being undertaken
in relation to developments in
forecasting. |
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Break (10.15-10.25) |
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(10.25-11.25) |
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3 David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal
Studies Dr Ed Poole, Senior Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre (Wales
Fiscal Analysis) Guto Ifan, Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre (Wales Fiscal Analysis) Supporting documents: Research Service Brief Supporting documents:
Minutes: 4.1 The Committee took evidence on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 from David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies; Dr Ed Poole, Senior Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre (Wales Fiscal Analysis); and Guto Ifan, Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre (Wales Fiscal Analysis) |
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Break (11.25-11.35) |
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(11.35-12.35) |
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4 Jessica Laimann, Wales Women’s Budget Group / Women’s Equality Network (WEN) Wales, Policy and Public Affairs Manager at WEN Victoria Winckler, Director, Bevan Foundation Simon Hatch, Director of Citizens Advice Cymru Supporting documents: FIN(6)-01-24 P2 - Wales Women’s Budget Group (WWBG) and Women’s Equality Network (WEN) FIN(6)-01-24 P3 – Bevan Foundation Research Service Brief Supporting documents:
Minutes: 5.1 The Committee took evidence on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 from Jessica Laimann, Wales Women’s Budget Group / Policy and Public Affairs Manager at Women’s Equality Network (WEN) Wales; and Victoria Winckler, Director, Bevan Foundation. 5.2 The Bevan Foundation agreed to provide the Committee with: · Calculations it had undertaken in relation to extending the eligibility for free school meals in secondary schools. |
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(12.35) |
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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(12.35-12.45) |
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Consideration of evidence Minutes: 7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received. |