, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Thank you, Deputy Minister, and we look forward to welcoming you in March as well, on that point. James on this point as well, I think.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Brilliant. Thank you, Deputy Minister. We've now got some questions from Ken Skates. Ken.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Lovely. Thank you. Perhaps just at this point I'll just take you back—sorry, Deputy Minister—to perinatal mental health for a second. Just a question around what is happening to those Welsh residents who do need a perinatal mother and baby unit who live in…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Thank you. Diolch, Minister. Back to James Evans. [Interruption.] You've finished.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Thank you, Deputy Minister. Would it be possible to have, if the guidance is published, a copy of the written guidance to the health boards for this committee to have a look at, if that's possible?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Yes, interference on the translation. [TRANSLATION: 'We'll try the other interpreter. That might work a little bit better. Is that coming through?'] Yes, that's better. [TRANSLATION: 'Okay. Thank you very much.'] Thank you. Sorry, Sioned.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Sorry, it's started again. There's some kind of feedback on—
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Sorry, Sioned.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Sorry, Sioned. I think there's an issue with the translation at the moment, isn't there, or is it just my headphones? I think we've got an issue with the translation, sorry, Sioned. [TRANSLATION: 'Hello. Sorry, just testing quickly.] That's better…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
That's really helpful. I'll just bring Sioned Williams in on that point.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Back to James Evans.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Can I—? I think Joyce Watson would like to come in briefly on this one.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
I think James is going to talk now about children's physical health.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Thank you. I think James—
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Thank you, Sioned. Thank you, Deputy Minister; that's very helpful information for us. We'll move on to some questions now on emotional and mental health from James Evans.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
That would be very welcome. Thank you, Deputy Minister. Sioned.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Right. Thank you. Thanks for that, Minister. We’ll move on, then, to some questions from Sioned Williams.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Just to clarify, are you comparing the allocation of the final budget for 2022-23 or the indicative allocation for 2024-25, or different figures?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Is it possible to provide some further specific written information on that, just detailing that in terms of the specific areas that you’ve just mentioned about none of the budget areas being reduced?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Just for us to be able to scrutinise, it's good for us to be able to see that as clearly as possible. Your paper says that none of the budget areas reduced in the health and social services MEG relate to children and early-years policy. Can you explain the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
No, thank you. And I'm sure Members have many questions on some of the topics that you've just touched on as well. Just before we move on, I'd like to welcome Joyce Watson here this morning, who very kindly has come to substitute for a time for Buffy…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
So, we'll move on to our first item on the agenda this morning, and that's scrutiny of the Welsh Government's draft budget 2023-24. This is our second evidence session and we're very pleased to be joined this morning by the Minister for Health and Social…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I'd like to welcome Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People, and Education Committee today. The public items of this meeting are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and a Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. Aside from procedural…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to this meeting of the Children, Young People, and Education Committee today.
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Flooding
Thank you for that statement, Minister. In December, the Red Cross launched its new report, 'Every time it rains', which highlighted that more needs to be done to support communities to better prepare for and recover from flooding. The report raises several…
