Cabinet meeting: 12 December 2022
Minutes of a meeting of the Cabinet on 12 December 2022.
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Present
- Rt. Hon. Mark Drakeford MS (Chair)
- Rebecca Evans MS
- Vaughan Gething MS
- Lesley Griffiths MS
- Jane Hutt MS
- Jeremy Miles MS
- Eluned Morgan MS
- Hannah Blythyn MS
- Dawn Bowden MS
- Lynne Neagle MS
- Julie Morgan MS
- Lee Waters MS
Apologies
- Julie James MS
- Mick Antoniw MS
Officials
- Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary
- Des Clifford, Director Office of the First Minister
- Will Whiteley, Head of Cabinet Division
- Toby Mason, Head of Strategic Communications
- Jane Runeckles, Special Adviser
- Madeleine Brindley, Special Adviser
- Alex Bevan, Special Adviser
- Daniel Butler, Special Adviser
- Ian Butler, Special Adviser
- David Davies, Special Adviser
- Kate Edmunds, Special Adviser
- Sara Faye, Special Adviser
- Sam Hadley, Special Adviser
- Clare Jenkins, Special Adviser
- Owen John, Special Adviser
- Phillipa Marsden, Special Adviser
- Mitch Theaker, Special Adviser
- Tom Woodward, Special Adviser
- Christopher W Morgan, Head of Cabinet Secretariat (minutes)
- Damian Roche, Cabinet Secretariat
- Catrin Sully, Cabinet Office
- Tracey Burke, Director General Climate Change & Rural Affairs
- Jo-Anne Daniels, Director General Education, Social Justice and Welsh Language
- Reg Kilpatrick, Director General, COVID-19 recovery and Local Government
- Tim Moss, Chief Operating Officer
- Judith Paget, Director General Health and Social Services
- Andrew Slade, Director General, Economy, Treasury and Constitution
- Debra Carter, Deputy Director, Local Government Finance Reform (item 3)
- Clare Blake, Head of Local Government Finance Reform (item 3)
- Emily Edwards, Special Adviser (item 3)
Item 1: Minutes of the previous meetings
1.1 Cymeradwyodd y Cabinet gofnodion 5 Rhagfyr / Cabinet approved the minutes of 5 December.
Item 2: Senedd business
2.1 Cabinet considered the Plenary Grid and noted that voting time was scheduled for 5:30pm on Tuesday and around 6:25pm on Wednesday.
Item 3: Council Tax reform
3.1 The Minister for Finance and Local Government introduced the paper, which asked Cabinet to note the outcome of the phase 1 consultation on proposals to reform council tax, in line with the Programme for Government commitment for a fairer and more progressive tax in Wales. It was also part of the Co-operation Agreement with Plaid Cymru.
3.2 The aim was to publish the consultation responses on 16 December.
3.3 Cabinet approved the paper.
Cabinet Secretariat
December 2022