Agenda and minutes

Finance Committee - Fifth Senedd - Thursday, 14 July 2016 09.15

Venue: Committee Room 3 - Senedd. View directions

Contact: Bethan Davies

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Expected timing	No.	Item
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(09.30-09.45)	1.	Consideration of legal advice in relation to Section 7, Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 View the background to item 1. Legal brief – Section 7, Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 4 View the reasons why document 1./1 is restricted Minutes: 1.1 The Committee received legal advice from Commission staff in relation to Section 7 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013.
(09.45)	2.	Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest View the background to item 2. Minutes: 2.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting. 2.2 Apologies were received from David Rees AM.
(09.45)	3.	Papers to note View the background to item 3. Supporting documents: Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government to the Chair- 8 July 2016 , item 3. PDF 306 KB Minutes of meeting held on 6 July 2016 , item 3. PDF 52 KB View as HTML (3./2) 19 KB Minutes: 3.1 The papers were noted.
(09.45-10.00)	4.	Consideration of Section 7, Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 View the background to item 4. Claire Clancy – Chief Executive and Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales Matthew Richards – Senior Legal Adviser, National Assembly for Wales Paper 1 – Consideration of Section 7, Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 9 View the reasons why document 4./1 is restricted Minutes: 4.1 The Committee considered the position with the regard to remuneration of the Auditor General for Wales and noted the Chief Executive and Clerk had consulted with the First Minister. The Committee resolved that remuneration arrangements for the Auditor General for Wales should remain as specified in his current terms and conditions.
(10.00)	5.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business: View the background to item 5. Items 6, 7, 8 and 9 Minutes: 5.1 The motion was agreed.
(10.00-11.30)	6.	Briefing on the Land Transaction Tax Bill View the background to item 6. Georgina Haarhoff – Head of Tax Policy and Legislation, Welsh Government Repa Antonio - Land Transaction Tax Project Manager, Welsh Government Andrew Hewitt - Land Transaction Tax Policy Manager, Welsh Government Sean Bradley - Senior Lawyer, Welsh Government Minutes: 6.1 The Committee received a briefing from: Georgina Haarhoff – Head of Tax Policy and Legislation, Welsh Government; Repa Antonio - Land Transaction Tax Project Manager, Welsh Government; Andrew Hewitt - Land Transaction Tax Policy Manager, Welsh Government; and Sean Bradley - Senior Lawyer, Welsh Government; on the Land Transaction Tax Bill.
(11.30-11.45)	7.	Consideration of the approach to scrutiny of the draft budget View the background to item 7. Paper 2 – Committee approach to scrutiny of the draft budget Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 11 View the reasons why document 7./1 is restricted Minutes: 7.1 The Committee agreed its approach to scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget for 2017-18. 7.2 The Committee agreed to hold a public consultation on proposals for the draft budget to steer the Committee’s scrutiny, to be held over the Summer Recess.
(11.45-12.00)	8.	Consideration of provisional Autumn Term work programme View the background to item 8. Paper 3 – Cover paper to the provisional work programme Paper 4 – Provisional Autumn Term committee work programme Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 13 View the reasons why document 8./1 is restricted Restricted enclosure 14 View the reasons why document 8./2 is restricted Minutes: 8.1 The Committee agreed its work programme for the Autumn Term. 8.2 The Committee agreed to publish its work programme on its webpages.
(12.00-12.15)	9.	Consideration of draft letter to the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee in relation to the Wales Bill View the background to item 9. Paper 5 – Draft letter to the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee in relation to the Wales Bill Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 16 View the reasons why document 9./1 is restricted Minutes: 9.1 The Committee agreed the letter to the Chair of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee.

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