Agenda - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: 19 June 2019

Meeting time: 09.00
For further information contact:

Bethan Davies

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6372

SeneddFinance@assembly.wales

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The Committee resolved on 5 June 2019 to exclude the public from the meeting

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

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2 Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill; consideration of draft report

(09:00 - 09:30) (Pages 1 - 26)

Paper 1 – Draft report on the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill

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3 International taxation and tax scrutiny - Background paper

(09:30 - 09:45) (Pages 27 - 34)

Paper 2 – Background paper: International taxation and tax scrutiny

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Break: 09:45 - 10:00

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4 Office of Budget Responsibility: Tax forecasting briefing

(10:00 - 11:00) (Pages 35 - 45)

Robert Chote, Chairman Budget Responsibility Committee

Andy King, Budget Responsibility Committee

Shaun Butcher, Deputy Chief of Staff

Dr Paul Mathews, Senior Analyst

Marcus Hanson, Analyst

Paper 3 – Memorandum of Understanding between the Welsh Government and Office for Budget Responsibility

Paper 4 – Terms of Reference between the Welsh Government and Office for Budget Responsibility

Paper 5 – Financial Framework between the Welsh Government and Office for Budget Responsibility

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Break: 11:00 - 11:10

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5 Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s capital funding sources: Private briefing from the National Audit Office and Wales Audit Office

(11:10 - 12:10) (Pages 46 - 65)

Simon Reason, Director, National Audit Office

Daniel Fairhead, Audit Principal, National Audit Office

Matthew Mortlock, Director, Performance Audit, Wales Audit Office

Mike Usher, Sector Lead – Health & Central Government, Wales Audit Office

Paper 6 – National Audit Office submission to the Inquiry into Welsh Government capital funding sources

Research brief

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6 Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s capital funding: consideration of private briefing

(12:10 - 12:25) (Pages 66 - 67)

Paper 7 - Letter from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 6 June 2019

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