Concise Minutes - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Thursday, 15 December 2016

Meeting time: 10.02 - 11.59
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3873

Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Simon Thomas AM (Chair) Mike Hedges AM David Rees AM Steffan Lewis AM Nick Ramsay AM Mark Reckless AM
Witnesses:	Mark Drakeford AM, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government Sarah Tully, Welsh Government Emma Cordingley, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Bethan Davies (Clerk) Georgina Owen (Deputy Clerk) Martin Jennings (Researcher) Helen Jones (Researcher) Katie Wyatt (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Eluned Morgan AM.

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2 Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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3 Landfill Disposals Tax (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1

3.1 The Committee took evidence from Mark Drakeford AM - Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government; Emma Cordingley - Lawyer, Welsh Government; and Sarah Tully - Devolved Tax Policy Project Manager, Welsh Government on the Landfill Disposals Tax (Wales) Bill.

3.2 The Cabinet Secretary agreed to:

· provide details of the proportion of landfill tax paid by local authorities;

· provide a list of the current qualifying materials; and

· write to the Committee following the outcome of discussions regarding the extent to which the Bill reaches into opencast mining.

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4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5 Landfill Disposals Tax (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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6 Wales Audit Office Report: Preparations for the implementation of fiscal devolution in Wales

6.1 The Committee noted the report and agreed to invite the Auditor General for Wales to provide oral evidence in the New Year.

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7 Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013: The role of the Finance Committee

7.1 The Committee noted its obligations under the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013.

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8 Forward work programme

8.1 The Committee noted its forward work programme for the spring term.

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