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14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Cynnig o dan Reol Sefydlog 17.42(ix) i benderfynu gwahardd y cyhoedd o weddill y cyfarfod hwn

If it's okay with Members, under 17.42, can we go into private? Are you all content? Yes, thank you.

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Right, we will stop with the analogies. I started it, I know, but there we are. Thank you so much for your time this morning, and thanks to Andrew and Emma as well for coming.

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Seeing as I am wearing a festive waistcoat, how do you describe this budget? Is this a Scrooge or a Santa?

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

And I've just got one tounge-in-cheek question, I suppose, for you.

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Okay, thank you. We're coming up to time. As we look back through the transcript—and you'll have a copy to check for accuracy—there might be a couple of questions that we didn't quite cover, so are we okay to write to you with those questions, especially…

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Okay. No problem. Joyce.

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Because I'm just conscious of the time, that's all.

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Thank you. Were you looking at me, Mike, or not?

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Because the impact on local services is: if you don't provide it, then council tax has to go up to provide those local services. So, whichever way, the taxpayer has to pay it, the householder, and our communities. I represent some of the most impoverished…

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Based on the settlements that are going out to local authorities today, and you say that they're not quite as bad as they thought they were going to be, what's your expectation around council tax? Are you in conversation with local authorities? Are you giving…

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Thanks. Joyce.

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

But, in your opinion, is it something that would be a good thing?

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Could I ask, just on that point, for your thoughts on the devolution of the administration of benefits, similar to what Scotland would have? Where's your mind on that? Would that be something that would help in some of the things that Joyce has been asking…

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

You're finished—you're fine. We'll go over to Joyce then. Thank you.

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Peter, is that your—

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Yes, okay. The delivery is done by nurses as well, so, by investing in nurses, you potentially are investing in that delivery anyway. But I'll move on to Peter.

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

So, is the Welsh Government pinning its hopes on the Westminster Government making a consequential to actually be able to do something about the dispute here in Wales?

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Just following on from what Mike was saying, what discussions are you having with the health Minister? You'll see nurses going on strike tomorrow. There are pressures on primary, there are pressures on secondary, there are pressures everywhere, and it seems…

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Exactly, yes.

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

I'm conscious this isn't the health committee, but it is a funding issue.

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

I think Mike has got a supplementary.

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Okay. We'll move on to Peter.

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Thank you. Mike.

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Joyce.

14 Rhagfyr 2022, Finance Committee

Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1

Okay. Thank you. Mike, back to you.