Meeting Venue: Hybrid -
Committee
room 3, Senedd
and video conference
via Zoom
Meeting date: Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Meeting time: 09.30 - 10.47
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15565
Attendance
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Category
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Names
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Members of the Senedd:
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Peredur Owen Griffiths MS (Chair)
Mike Hedges MS
Sam Rowlands MS
Lesley Griffiths MS (In place of Rhianon
Passmore MS)
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Witnesses:
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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
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Committee Staff:
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Owain Roberts (Clerk)
Sian Giddins (Second Clerk)
Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk)
Peter Davies (Researcher)
Martin Jennings (Researcher)
Christian Tipples (Researcher)
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<AI1>
Registration
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<AI2>
Private pre-meeting
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<AI3>
1
Introductions, apologies, substitutions
and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting
of the Finance Committee.
1.2 Apologies were received from Rhianon
Passmore MS. Lesley Griffiths MS substituted for Rhianon Passmore
MS.
1.3 Members declared the following relevant
interests under Standing Order 17.24A:
·
Lesley Griffiths MS declared that she was the Minister for Rural
Affairs, Energy and Environment from December 2018 to April
2021.
</AI3>
<AI4>
2
Paper(s) to note
2.1 The papers were noted.
</AI4>
<AI5>
2.1
PTN 1 - Letter from the national homeless
charity, Crisis: Financial implications of the Homelessness and
Social Allocations Bill - 11 June 2025
</AI5>
<AI6>
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
</AI6>
<AI7>
2.3
PTN 3 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary
for Finance and Welsh Language: Revised Explanatory Memorandum and
Regulatory Impact Assessment - 24 June 2025
</AI7>
<AI8>
2.4
PTN 4 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary
for Finance and Welsh Language: Changes to the transcript - 24 June
2025
</AI8>
<AI9>
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
</AI9>
<AI10>
2.11 PTN 6 -
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning:
Tourism Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) - 25 June 2025
</AI10>
<AI11>
3
Financial implications of the Environment
(Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill:
Evidence session
3.1 The Committee took evidence on the
financial implications of the Environment (Principles, Governance
and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill from 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; and Alice Teague, Deputy Director, Marine and
Biodiversity Division, Welsh Government.
</AI11>
<AI12>
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
4.1 The motion was agreed.
</AI12>
<AI13>
5
Financial implications of the Environment
(Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill:
Consideration of evidence
5.1 The Committee considered the evidence
received.
</AI13>
<AI14>
6
Bus Services (Wales) Bill: Consideration
of draft report
6.1 The Committee considered the draft report
and agreed it with minor changes.
</AI14>
<AI15>
7
First Supplementary Budget 2025-26:
Consideration of draft report
7.1 The Committee considered the draft report
and agreed it with minor changes.
</AI15>
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