Plaid Cymru

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5,536 speeches and questions

10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
Does that mean, then, taking braver decisions?
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
Okay. Fair enough. Thank you very much. Finally from me, the First Minister said that the Welsh Government does not have the funding to fulfil the 29 recommendations made by the cost-of-living expert group. Is it clear from the draft budget which…
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
You mentioned you're part of the cost-of-living expert group, I think, and making the 29 recommendations. Do you think that the group's work has had an impact on how this budget has been put together?
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
Thank you very much. So, going back to Victoria, you were nodding away when we were saying that the crisis isn't over, but are you seeing any easing anywhere? And then, what would you do differently, I suppose, within the context of what we're dealing with?
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
Okay, thank you. Rhianon wanted to come in quickly, just before I come to Victoria.
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
Thank you. So, when the Minister was saying in the statement—. She commented that the cost-of-living crisis is not over; I'd say that you'd probably both agree with that. Have you seen any easing of things within your organisations or for the people you speak…
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
Yes. Jessica.
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
Fantastic. Thank you very much, both, for coming. At the start of a session like this, I just want to note that we've had apologies from Simon Hatch, director of Citizens Advice Cymru, who was due to attend this morning, but unfortunately Simon hasn't been…
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
Wonderful. Croeso. And Victoria.
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
Thank you very much for joining us. I wonder if you would introduce yourselves for the record. If we start with Jessica, please.
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
Welcome back, and we are just about on time. We're just a little bit behind. But thank you to our next witnesses who are joining us.
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
Thank you very much. I think I'm going to bring it to an end there. We've run a little bit over time and we do appreciate your time and do appreciate your sessions with us; they're always very informative. There will be a transcript for you just to check…
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
So, the aspect of cross-border behavioural changes would have less of an impact because of that?
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
Great. Rhianon. I'm conscious that we've gone over time, but as long as we've got another five or 10 minutes, then I'm sure—. We're finding this fascinating, so—
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
Sorry. Just on that, from the budget documentation that’s been provided, have you made any insights into where the Government has made priorities for revenue funding and where those difficult decisions have been made already? Rather than speculating on the…
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
If we move on to the funding constraints, maybe.
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
David, did you want to come in on that?
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
There we are. I'll come over to Peter.
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
David, did you want to comment further on that? And then I'll come to Peter then, after that.
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
David, any comments?
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
Who wants to go first?
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
No, David.
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
Or David.
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
[Inaudible.] [Laughter.] Guto, or Ed?
10 January 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
Okay. I'll bring Mike in.