Agenda - Finance Committee - Fifth Senedd


Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 16 December 2020

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Bethan Davies

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

Contact@senedd.wales


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In accordance with Standing Order 34.19, the Chair has determined that the public are excluded from the Committee's meeting in order to protect public health. This meeting will be broadcast live on www.senedd.tv

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

                                                                                                                          

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2       Paper(s) to note

(09:30)                                                                                          (Pages 1 - 3)

Minutes of the meeting held on 30 November 2020.

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2.1   PTN1 – Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: NHS complaints data – 26 November 2020

                                                                                                     (Pages 4 - 5)

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2.2   PTN2 – Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales to the Minister for Health and Social Services: NHS complaints data – 1 December 2020

                                                                                                             (Page 6)

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2.3   PTN3 - Letter from ColegauCymru: Furlough - 4 December 2020

                                                                                                             (Page 7)

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2.4   PTN4 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee: Consultation on a revised Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) Code – 8 December 2020

                                                                                                             (Page 8)

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2.5   PTN5 - Letter from the Minister for Education to the Chair of Children, Young People and Education Committee: Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill - General Principles debate - 9 December 2020

                                                                                                             (Page 9)

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3       Impact of the UK Government's Spending Review: Evidence session

(09:30 - 10:30)                                                                         (Pages 10 - 39)

Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Trefnydd

Andrew Jeffreys, Director Welsh, Treasury

Julian Revell, Head of Fiscal Analysis, Welsh Treasury

Sarah Govier, Head of Public Spending Policy

 

Supporting papers:

FIN(5)-25-20 P1 - Letter from the Chair to the Secretary of State for Wales: UK Government Spending Review – 27 November 2020

FIN(5)-25-20 P2 – Letter from the Secretary of State for Wales: UK Government Spending Review – 5 December 2020 

FIN(5)-25-20 P3 - Letter from Farmers' Union of Wales - 4 December 2020

Research brief

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4       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

(10:30)                                                                                                             

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5       Impact of the UK Government's Spending Review: Consideration of evidence

(10:30 - 10:45)                                                                                                

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6       Inquiry into the implementation of the Wales Act 2014 and operation of the Fiscal Framework: Key issues

(10:45 - 11:15)                                                                         (Pages 40 - 67)

Supporting papers:

FIN(5)-25-20 P4 Key Issues paper

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7       Draft Public Audit (Amendment) (Wales) Bill: Consideration of consultation responses

(11:15 - 11:45)                                                                       (Pages 68 - 197)

Supporting papers:

FIN(5)-25-20 P5 - Cover paper: Draft Public Audit (Amendment) (Wales) Bill

FIN(5)-25-20 P6 – Consultation booklet

FIN(5)-25-20 P7 – Summary of consultation responses

FIN(5)-25-20 P8 – Welsh Government's concerns

FIN(5)-25-20 P9 – Audit Wales' response to the Welsh Government's concerns 

FIN(5)-25-20 P10 – Draft Public Audit (Amendment) (Wales) Bill

FIN(5)-25-20 P11 – Letter from Head of Law and Ethics, Audit Wales – 7 February 2020 

FIN(5)-25-20 P12 – How Audit Wales estimates have changed over time

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