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
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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)
</AI4>
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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)
</AI5>
<AI6>
2.2 PTN 2 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27-
Written evidence: Professional Association of Self-Caterers UK,
Cymru - October 2025
(Pages 3 - 13)
</AI6>
<AI7>
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)
</AI7>
<AI8>
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)
</AI8>
<AI9>
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)
</AI9>
<AI10>
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)
</AI10>
<AI11>
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)
</AI11>
<AI12>
2.8 PTN 8 - Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Economy,
Energy and Planning: Tourism Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) - 31
October 2025
(Pages 64 - 65)
</AI12>
<AI13>
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)
</AI13>
<AI14>
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)
</AI14>
<AI15>
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
</AI15>
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Break
(10.30-10.45)
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<AI17>
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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<AI18>
5
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to
resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this
meeting
(11.45)
</AI18>
<AI19>
6
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate
2026-27 and Interim Report 2025-26: Consideration of
evidence
(11.45-11.55)
</AI19>
<AI20>
7
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27:
Consideration of evidence
(11.55-12.05)
</AI20>
<AI21>
8
Financial implications of the Building
Safety (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report
(12.05 -
12.15)
(Pages 200 - 219)
</AI21>
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