, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
I hope they find it very interesting, Joel. I'm sure they will.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
Okay. It's always good to have an invitation from the Minister to the committee. [Laughter.] Okay. And Joel. Joel James.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
Okay. Sam.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
I'd just like to continue one of the aspects that we've touched upon, namely continuing healthcare, and whether a particular case is a matter of continuing healthcare or not, and the relative importance of that, obviously, between the health boards' budgets…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
Yes, please, Carolyn.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
Okay, Sam. Thank you very much. Carolyn Thomas.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
Okay, thank you for that, Minister. We'll move on now to other committee members and, firstly, Sam Rowlands.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
Okay. Minister, we’ve heard from various sources, including Welsh local government, that we’re in fairly unprecedented times, really, in terms of budget pressure. I think Welsh Government’s on record as saying that its budget is worth £1.3 billion less in…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
Okay. Minister, could you tell the committee what assessment you’ve undertaken in terms of the potential impact of this settlement on the Welsh language, particularly in relation to local authority requirements to meet the Welsh language standards and the…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
Okay. So, all of that, you're confident, Minister, will put you in a sufficiently informed position to understand the impact on the ground of the current financial pressures and how that translates into help and support for people who are struggling socially…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
Yes.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
No. Just in terms of the very worrying situation that we all face and local authorities face in terms of the budget pressures, Minister, and those socioeconomic issues, how will you keep a weather eye, as it were, with local authority colleagues, on the…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
It would be useful, I think, Minister, if you could perhaps provide a note to committee on that work with local government to ensure that those entitled to help with their council tax bills receive it, because that's quite urgent, actually, in the current…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
Okay. We know, I think, that council tax is likely to rise quite substantially, and I guess that's inevitable in the current circumstances. I wonder what you would say, Minister, about the likely increases in council tax and the general anticipated impact of…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
Yes. Okay. Thank you, Minister. There is still far too much inequality in Wales, Minister, as I'm sure you would recognise. I wonder if you could tell committee how the unhypothecated budget allocations, such as the revenue support grant, are assessed in…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
Okay. Thank you very much. Okay. As I'm sure you know, Minister, we've just had a scrutiny session with the Welsh Local Government Association. And I must say, we've heard a very bleak story, really—the reality of what local government faces in looking at…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 2: Minister for Finance and Local Government
Okay. We've reached item 5 on our agenda today, then, scrutiny of the Welsh Government's draft budget for the forthcoming financial year, and our second evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government, Rebecca Evans, and the Minister's…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from item 4, 8 and 9 of the meeting
Item 3 on our agenda is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from items 4, 8 and 9 of this meeting to enable us to consider evidence received under items 2, 5 and 6. Are committee members content to move into private session?…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1: Welsh Local Government Association
Okay, well, I'm afraid we'll have to leave it there, I'm sorry. Diolch yn fawr. Diolch yn fawr, Dyfrig; diolch yn fawr, Charlie, Lis and Jane. Thank you all very much for coming in to give evidence to committee this morning. There are a few other matters that…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1: Welsh Local Government Association
Okay, and Dyfrig.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1: Welsh Local Government Association
Yes, Lis.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1: Welsh Local Government Association
Okay, thanks, Charlie. Adam.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1: Welsh Local Government Association
Okay, and Charlie please.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1: Welsh Local Government Association
Yes, Lis, please.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1: Welsh Local Government Association
Diolch yn fawr, Dyfrig. Okay. Thank you very much. We'll move on to Adam Price, then. Adam Price, please.
