12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
One of the things that we heard from Wales Fiscal Analysis this morning was that they would find it useful if the things that you've got in the annex were moved into the main body of the report with regard to the impact on the block grant and tracking that…
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Thank you. You published your Welsh tax forecast to coincide with the Welsh Government's draft budget, three weeks after the UK autumn budget. Were there any challenges in adhering to those timescales and, if so, what were they?
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Thank you very much—[Interruption.] Yes, certainly.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Rhianon.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Mike, did you want to—?
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Excellent, thank you. The OBR's UK growth forecast has a more positive outlook than the Bank of England's. Can you explain the key differences in the methodologies to account for this, and how does this impact on Welsh tax forecasts?
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
That's fine. Thank you very much. And, yes, modern technology allows us to do this, and, with some of the heavy rain we've had, I think other witnesses have had to come in online as well, so it's been quite handy to be able to do this hybrid. We've got a few…
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
And David.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
And then Andy.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
We're here with members of the Office for Budget Responsibility. I'd like to start off with welcoming you here, and if you could state your names and roles for the record, please. Richard.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Wel, croeso cynnes i chi yn ôl i'r sesiwn nesaf o'r Pwyllgor Cyllid, a dŷn ni'n dal i wneud y sgrwtini o'r gyllideb ddrafft. Mae gennym ni sesiwn yma rŵan.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Cynnig o dan Reol Sefydlog 17.42(ix) i benderfynu gwahardd y cyhoedd o eitemau 7, 9, 10, 11 a 12
Under Standing Order 17.42, I propose that this committee resolves to exclude the public from items 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12. Is everybody happy with that? Great. We'll be therefore going into private now, and we'll be back for our next public session at 13:15…
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
So, thank you so much for your time. As I said at the beginning, there will be a transcript for you to check for accuracy. There might be one or two questions that we didn't quite cover off. If we feel that we could really do with your input on that…
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Diolch yn fawr iawn i chi am eich amser y bore yma—mae wedi mynd i mewn i'r prynhawn yma.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Thank you very much.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Thank you, Mike. Rhianon.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
I don’t know if you’ve got anything to add to that, Victoria.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Victoria, yes.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Who would like to go first?
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Oh, yes.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Excellent. Thank you. Right, we'll move on to Mike.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
And going back with homelessness, then, if you don't have the intervention before they're made homeless, it then means people become homeless, which then puts an added pressure on all the local services, and it just keeps going round and round. Whereas that…
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
And then the investment in those front-line people. If it's not clear on where that money—. It's all well and good spending on schemes, but schemes need people to run them, and it's the investment in those people—especially in some of the schemes in some of…
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Victoria.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
We'll continue with Luke, because you started talking about it, but obviously, we welcome comments from the others.
