Agenda - Finance Committee


Meeting Venue: Hybrid - Committee

room 3, Senedd and video conference

via Zoom

Meeting date: 2 July 2025

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Owain Roberts

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6388

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       Introductions, 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 - Letter from the national homeless charity, Crisis: Financial implications of the Homelessness and Social Allocations Bill - 11 June 2025

                                                                                                     (Pages 1 - 2)

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2.2   PTN 2 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: List of all Barnett consequentials resulting from the UK Spring Statement and Main Estimates for 2025-26 - 24 June 2025

                                                                                                     (Pages 3 - 4)

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2.3   PTN 3 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Revised Explanatory Memorandum and Regulatory Impact Assessment - 24 June 2025

                                                                                                     (Pages 5 - 6)

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2.4   PTN 4 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Changes to the transcript - 24 June 2025

                                                                                                     (Pages 7 - 8)

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2.5   PTN 5 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affair: Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee (IMSC) – 24 June 2025

                                                                                                             (Page 9)

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2.6   PTN 6 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Tourism Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) - 25 June 2025

                                                                                                           (Page 10)

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3       Financial implications of the Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill: Evidence session

(09.30 - 10.30)                                                                         (Pages 11 - 38)

Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Welsh Government

Naomi Matthiessen, Deputy Director, Landscapes, Nature and Forestry Division, Welsh Government

Alice Teague, Deputy Director, Marine and Biodiversity Division, Welsh Government

 

Supporting documents:

Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill, as introduced (PDF 413KB)

Explanatory Memorandum (PDF 2.2MB)

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4       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and the start of the meeting on 9 July 2025

(10.30)                                                                                                             

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5       Financial implications of the Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

(10.30 - 10.45)                                                                                                

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6       Bus Services (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report

(10.45 - 11.00)                                                                         (Pages 39 - 56)

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7       First Supplementary Budget 2025-26: Consideration of draft report

(11.00 - 11.15)                                                                                                

Draft report (To be included in a supplementary pack)

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