Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 5 November 2025

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Owain Roberts

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddFinance@senedd.wales


Hybrid

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Registration

(09.00-09.15)

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Private pre-meeting

(09.15-09.30)

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1       Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

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2       Paper(s) to note

(09.30)                                                                                                             

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2.1   PTN 1 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27- Written evidence: National Institute of Economic and Social Research - October 2025

                                                                                                     (Pages 1 - 2)

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2.2   PTN 2 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27- Written evidence: Professional Association of Self-Caterers UK, Cymru - October 2025

                                                                                                   (Pages 3 - 13)

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2.3   PTN 3 - Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Additional information from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government - 17 October 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 14 - 36)

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2.4   PTN 4 - Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Additional information from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 30 October 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 37 - 54)

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2.5   PTN 5 - Letter from the Office for National Statistics to the Chair of the Finance Committee: Census 2031 - 28 October 2025

                                                                                                           (Page 55)

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2.6   PTN 6 - Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill - Welsh Government response to the Finance Committee's report - 30 October 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 56 - 60)

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2.7   PTN 7 - Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill - Welsh Government response to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee's report - 30 October 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 61 - 63)

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2.8   PTN 8 - Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Tourism Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) - 31 October 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 64 - 65)

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2.9   PTN 9 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Finance and Welsh Language: Finance:Inter- Ministerial Standing Committee (F:ISC) – 31 October 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 66 - 67)

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2.10 PTN 10 - Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill: Welsh Government response to the Finance Committee's report - 31 October 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 68 - 70)

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3       Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2026-27 and Interim Report 2025-26: Evidence session

(09.30-10.30)                                                                         (Pages 71 - 170)

Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales, Audit Wales

Dr Ian Rees, Chair of the Wales Audit Office, Audit Wales

Kevin Thomas, Executive Director for Corporate Services, Audit Wales

Ann-Marie Harkin, Executive Director for Audit Services, Audit Wales

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Break

(10.30-10.45)

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4       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Evidence session 3

(10.45-11.45)                                                                       (Pages 171 - 199)

Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales, Audit Wales

Dave Thomas, Director, Audit Wales

Matthew Mortlock, Director, Audit Wales

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

(11.45)                                                                                                             

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6       Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2026-27 and Interim Report 2025-26: Consideration of evidence

(11.45-11.55)                                                                                                  

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7       Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Consideration of evidence

(11.55-12.05)                                                                                                  

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8       Financial implications of the Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report

(12.05 - 12.15)                                                                     (Pages 200 - 219)

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