Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 5 - Tŷ Hywel. View directions

Contact: Bethan Davies 

Expected timing: Private 

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(09.10)

1.

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Minutes:

1.1 Following election on 19 September 2018, Llyr Gruffydd AM, as temporary Chair, welcomed Members to the meeting.

 

1.2 Apologies were received from Steffan Lewis AM. Llyr Gruffydd AM attended as a substitute.

 

1.3 Helen Mary Jones AM attended the meeting with the permission of the temporary Chair, in accordance with Standing Order 17.49.

 

1.4 The temporary Chair welcomed Dr Ed Poole as Expert Advisor to the Committee during its scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2019-20.

(09.10-09.30)

2.

The Cost of Caring for an Ageing Population: Consideration of draft report

Paper 1 – Draft report

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 The Committee agreed the draft report with minor changes.

(09.30-11.00)

3.

Welsh Rate of Income Tax: Technical Briefing

Katharine Pottinger, HMRC

Jackie McGeehan, HMRC

Andy Fraser, Welsh Treasury

Julian Revell, Welsh Treasury

 

Paper 2 – Briefing sessions: pre-draft budget scrutiny

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee received a technical briefing on the Welsh Rate of Income Tax from:

 

·         Katharine Pottinger, Head of Devolved Income Tax, HMRC;

·         Jackie McGeehan, Deputy Director Income Tax Policy, HMRC;

·         Andy Fraser, Head of Tax Strategy, Welsh Treasury;

·         Julian Revell, Head of Fiscal Analysis, Welsh Treasury.

(11.00-12.30)

4.

Briefing session: David Eiser

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee received a briefing on the implications of the partial devolution of income tax on budget scrutiny from David Eiser, Advisor to the Scottish Parliament’s Finance Committee and a Fellow of the Centre on Constitutional Change.

(12.30-12.40)

5.

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2019-20: Consideration of briefings

Dr Ed Poole, Expert Adviser

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee considered the briefings.