Agenda - Finance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 9 November 2016

Meeting time: 09.00
For further information contact:

Bethan Davies

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6372

SeneddFinance@assembly.wales

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09.00-09.15 Informal pre-meeting

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

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2 Paper(s) to note

(09.15)

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PTN1 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government - 1 November 2016 - Welsh Government Draft Budget 2017-18

(Pages 1 - 2)

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PTN2 - Letter from the Assembly Commission to the Chair - 4 November 2016 - Assembly Commission draft budget 2017-18

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3 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2017-18: Evidence session 4

(09.15-10.30) (Pages 3 - 43)

Mari Thomas, Finance Policy Officer, Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)

Councillor Aaron Shotton (Leader, Flintshire County Council), WLGA Spokesperson for Finance and Resources

Councillor Huw David (Deputy Leader, Bridgend County Borough Council), WLGA Spokesperson for Health and Social Care

Councillor Anthony Hunt (Deputy Leader, Torfaen County Borough Council), WLGA Deputy Spokesperson for Finance and Resources

Paper 1 – Welsh Local Government Association – written evidence

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4 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2017-18: Evidence session 5

(10.30-11.30) (Pages 44 - 69)

David Robinson, OBE, Senior Advisor, Community Links

Professor Ceri Phillip, Professor of Health Economics, Swansea University

Professor Marcus Longley, Director of the Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care and Professor of Applied Health Policy, University of South Wales

Anita Charlesworth, Director of Research and Economics, Health Foundation

Paper 2 – Community Links - written evidence

Paper 3 – University of South Wales - written evidence

Paper 4 – Health Foundation – written evidence

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

(11.30)

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6 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2017-18: Consideration of evidence

(11.30-11.45)

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7 Public Services Ombudsman: Estimate of income and expenses 2017-18: Consideration of draft report

(11.45-12.00) (Pages 70 - 89)

Paper 5 - Scrutiny of Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’s Estimate for 2017-18 - Draft report

Paper 6 – Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales – Benchmarking information against relevant organisations in Wales and other ombudsman schemes in the UK

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8 Devolution of fiscal powers to Wales

(12.00-12.15) (Pages 90 - 91)

Paper 7 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – 27 October 2016 – Devolution of fiscal powers to Wales

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9 Landfill Disposals Tax (Wales) Bill: Consideration of expert advice

(12.15-12.30) (Pages 92 - 96)

Paper 8 - Appointment of an Expert Adviser for Landfill Disposals Tax (Wales) Bill

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