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Update on Welsh Government 2023-24 in-year financial position: Evidence session
But would you publish the movements, rather than just the net figure within the MEGs, so that we can see where the money is moving to and from and where the demand isn't being—? Well, if the demand isn't there, then we'd be able to understand within the MEG…
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Update on Welsh Government 2023-24 in-year financial position: Evidence session
So, was there no scope to have a supplementary budget in October?
, Finance Committee
Update on Welsh Government 2023-24 in-year financial position: Evidence session
Finally from me, before I go over to Mike for some questions: with what we've seen from your statement and then the narrative that goes alongside it, we haven't seen the movements within the main expenditure groups that we would have seen if it was a…
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Update on Welsh Government 2023-24 in-year financial position: Evidence session
Okay, thank you. Peter.
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Update on Welsh Government 2023-24 in-year financial position: Evidence session
Because the problem was out there anyway, wasn't it? It's been out there from December last year—we knew that that was an issue.
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Update on Welsh Government 2023-24 in-year financial position: Evidence session
I'll bring you in in just a second, Peter. But can you see that maybe, with hindsight, a better way of doing it would not have been to create that? Because, in a vacuum, the media fill that vacuum with lots of noise that maybe has meant some people…
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Update on Welsh Government 2023-24 in-year financial position: Evidence session
So, coming back to what you said there, you could have just done the work and reported it in the supplementary. Another way would be—not to set hares racing in August—would be to do the work over the summer and not create that narrative of doom and gloom and…
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Update on Welsh Government 2023-24 in-year financial position: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you. Can you, therefore, explain why a £900 million real-terms inflation cut turned into the announcement that we had of a £409 million increase in funding? Because, obviously, when you net-off the savings and what you found, that's the net…
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Update on Welsh Government 2023-24 in-year financial position: Evidence session
Thank you. Mike, did you want to come in?
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Update on Welsh Government 2023-24 in-year financial position: Evidence session
That's broadly in line with what Wales Governance Centre said in their report in December, and it follows the same trajectory of what we've known for a while.
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Update on Welsh Government 2023-24 in-year financial position: Evidence session
Bore da. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank you very much for coming this morning. We've obviously had your statement on 17 October, following the summer of work that you've been carrying out. I'd like to start with, obviously, the announcement today that inflation…
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Update on Welsh Government 2023-24 in-year financial position: Evidence session
Okay. Our first substantive item this morning is to welcome the finance Minister here to talk about the update on the Welsh Government's 2023-24 in-year financial position. I wonder if you're able to introduce yourself and your officials, please. Diolch.
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Papers to note
Lovely, thank you very much. Diolch yn fawr.
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Papers to note
With the papers to note, shall we note the papers, unless somebody has anything they want to—?
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Papers to note
So we'll move on to the papers to note.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
A warm welcome to everyone to this meeting of the Finance Committee this morning. We have a full agenda and it's good to see everyone here. Of course, this meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and the Record of Proceedings will be available to the…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Access to hospital care in the south-east
[Inaudible.]—you've quoted the Abergavenny hospital, at Nevill Hall, what were the figures around the overnight stays at Ystrad Fawr? Because you've often talked about the one person in the evening in Nevill Hall. What was the similar figure in Ystrad Fawr?
, Plenary
Short Debate: Access to hospital care in the south-east
Despite the introduction of some extra bus services when the Grange opened, it's still causing problems for many people from all over the region to get there using public transport. The issue was highlighted by Plaid Cymru councillors Charlotte Bishop and…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Access to hospital care in the south-east
Thank you to Delyth for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this debate. I work very closely with her on these issues, and I'm aware of some of the situations that she has mentioned this afternoon.
, Plenary
Motion to approve the Senedd Commission’s Budget for 2024-25
To close, Dirprwy Lywydd, it is paramount that we have a Senedd that is high performing and well resourced, that is valued and trusted by the people it serves. To achieve this, the Commission must manage its resource in a prudent and proportionate manner that…
, Plenary
Motion to approve the Senedd Commission’s Budget for 2024-25
That said, there are also areas where we sought improvements. Although the committee notes actions taken by the Commission to find in-year savings, we would have liked further clarity on the impact these savings will have on Commission services in 2024-25…
, Plenary
Motion to approve the Senedd Commission’s Budget for 2024-25
Before I begin, I would like to thank Ken Skates, the Senedd Commissioner for budget and governance, and Senedd officials, for attending the Finance Committee's meeting on 5 October to discuss the Commission’s budget proposals. I am also grateful to the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
The need in Blaenau Gwent is indeed massive. People are really struggling during this cost-of-living crisis. My office has been in touch with TK's and Community Group food share in Cwm, and they've been finding it difficult to meet demand. Their supplies ran…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Delivering a Fairer Council Tax
I thank the Minister today for her statement on the next phase of this programme of work. Plaid Cymru has been clear for some time that council tax in its current form is a regressive and outdated system that disproportionately affects poorer households. It…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Obviously, it's reached the threshold for consideration in a debate. Maybe we should be pausing and listening to what the Welsh Government have to say in response first, and noting that just the process behind initiating an early Senedd election would require…
