Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 1 - Senedd. View directions

Contact: Bethan Davies 

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Transcript: Transcript for 15/05/2019 - Finance Committee - Fifth Senedd

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(10.00-10.30)

1.

Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report

Paper 1 – Draft Report on financial Implications of the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill

Paper 2 – Letter from the Llywydd on the Senedd and Elections Bill – 7 May 2019

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

1.1 The Committee agreed the report, subject to amendments.

 

(10.30-10.45)

2.

Inquiry into the funding of directly funded bodies: Consideration of correspondence

Paper 3 – Consideration of draft Memorandum of Understanding

Paper 4 - Letter from the Assembly Commission – 30 April 2019

Paper 5 - Letter from the Wales Audit Office – 1 May 2019

Paper 6 - Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales – 1 May 2019

Paper 7 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – 2 May 2019

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 The Committee considered the responses from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd and the directly funded bodies and agreed the proposed changes.

 

(10.45-10.50)

3.

Public Services Ombudsman for Wales first Supplementary Budget 2019-20

Paper 8 - Public Services Ombudsman for Wales 1st Supplementary Budget 2019-20 Explanatory Memorandum

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee considered and noted the First supplementary budget request from the Public Service Ombudsman.

 

(10.50-10.55)

4.

Wales Audit Office and Auditor General for Wales first Supplementary Budget 2019-20

Paper 9 – Wales Audit Office and Auditor General for Wales 1st Supplementary Budget 2019-20 Explanatory Memorandum

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee considered and noted the First supplementary budget requests from the Wales Audit Office and the Auditor General for Wales.

 

4.2 The Committee noted that the Wales Audit Office’s supplementary budget included a revised accounting approach, and agreed to question the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd further at their appearance before Committee in June.

(10.55-11.00)

5.

Assembly Commission First Supplementary Budget 2019-20

Paper 10 – Assembly Commission 1st Supplementary Budget 2019-20 Explanatory Memorandum

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee considered and noted the First supplementary budget request from the Assembly Commission.

 

(11.00)

6.

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Minutes:

6.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

 

6.2 Apologies were received from Neil Hamilton AM.

 

(11.00)

7.

Paper(s) to note

Minutes of the meeting held on 9 May 2019

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee noted and agreed the minutes of the meeting held on 9 May.

 

(11.00-12.00)

8.

Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s capital funding sources: Evidence session 4

Gwyn Llewelyn, Director, Infrastructure Advisory, KPMG LLP

Stuart Pearson, Senior Associate - Construction, Energy and Projects, Capital Law

 

Paper 11 – Written evidence: KPMG

Paper 12 – Written evidence: Capital Law

Research Brief

Consultation pack

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

8.1 The Committee took evidence from Gwyn Llewelyn, Director, Infrastructure Advisory, KPMG LLP and Stuart Pearson, Senior Associate - Construction, Energy and Projects, Capital Law on the Welsh Government’s capital funding sources.

 

(12.00)

9.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting, the meeting on 23 May 2019 and the start of the meeting on 5 June 2019

Minutes:

9.1 The motion was agreed.

 

(12.00-12.15)

10.

Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s capital funding sources: Consideration of evidence

Minutes:

10. The Committee considered the evidence received.