, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Legislative Consent: Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill: Revised LCM and Supplementary LCM
We'll move on, therefore, to item 5 on our agenda, namely considering the revised legislative consent memorandum and the supplementary LCM on the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill. The reporting deadline for this is 16 February. As a committee, we'll be…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Thank you very much.
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Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Thank you, Jack. Are there any other questions for the Minister and his team? No. Our session has therefore come to an end, so thank you to you, Minister, and to your team for being with us today. As usual, a copy of today's transcript will be sent to you in…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Diolch, Luke. I know that Jack Sargeant would like to come in on this point. Jack.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Thank you, Sam. I'll now bring in Luke Fletcher. Luke.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Thank you, Vikki. I'll now bring in Sam Kurtz. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
I certainly remember it.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Thank you, Sarah. I’ll now bring in Vikki Howells.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Diolch, Luke. I'll now bring in Sarah Murphy. Sarah.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Thank you, Jack. Before I bring in Sarah Murphy, Luke Fletcher wants to come in on this. Luke.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Thank you very much for that. I'll now bring in Jack Sargeant. Jack.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Thank you for that. And I believe—
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
And can you tell us how you'll be monitoring the effectiveness of this draft budget, and will you be setting financial targets alongside your priorities to ensure that you're actually on track to achieve what you want to achieve as a Minister?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Now, I'm sure you'll agree with me that the impact of the recession is likely to be uneven in terms of who, how and where it hits hardest. Can you give us specific examples of how this has been taken into account in deciding the allocations for your…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Thank you for that explanation, Minister. I just want to understand, though, what is the likely impact on the outputs and outcomes that your department will be able to achieve in 2023-24 as a result of these decisions.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Thank you very much indeed for those introductions. And perhaps I can kick off this session, first of all, with a general question, Minister. How confident are you that the money allocated to your portfolio in this draft budget is sufficient to meet your…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Welcome back to the meeting of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. We'll move on now to item 4 on our agenda, and a session with the Minister for Economy will be the second session to scrutinise the Welsh Government's draft budget for 2023-24. May…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you very much indeed. We'll now take a break to prepare for the next session. Thank you very much.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay. Thank you for that explanation. Are there any other questions for the Minister and her team at all? No. There we are. Our session has therefore come to an end. Thank you very much indeed for being with us this morning. It's been very, very useful and…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay? Thank you, Sam. In your paper, Minister, you make it clear that the, 'Welsh Government wide reprioritisation exercise led by the Minster for Finance and Local Government took place to target allocations to protect frontline public services, Programme…
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Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
It hasn't. Okay. Thanks. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Luke. Before I bring in Sam, just for clarification, then, has the animal welfare plan for 2023 been amended at all in light of this draft budget?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
We'd appreciate that. Thank you very much.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay. Thank you, Vikki. I know that Luke and Sam would like to come back on this topic as well. Luke.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you very much. I’ll now bring in Vikki Howells. Vikki.
