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5,536 speeches and questions

19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 7
I'll bring Jon in, and then maybe if one of the other two want to comment briefly.
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 7
Sorry, I'll bring Llinos and Anthony in in a second. Is that being driven by the WLGA or is that being assisted by the Minister taking a lead in helping you to navigate through this budget, because, obviously, she's got the position of being the local…
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 7
On that point, Lis, obviously you talk to your colleagues, leaders in other councils. Are you seeing similar themes coming through about where services have been cut already and have been cut further? Are there common areas that you're looking at, so that…
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 7
Thank you. Lis.
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 7
Lis or Anthony. Anthony.
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 7
Diolch yn fawr. Last year, the Welsh Government indicated an uplift of £177 million for 2023-24. In this draft budget, it's passing a consequential and increasing that to around £400 million in 2023-24. Your evidence sets out £784 million of pressures at the…
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 7
Llinos.
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 7
Great. Thank you. Do either of the other two want to come in? Lis.
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 7
Okay. Maybe to Anthony, who has the lead on finance.
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 7
As I said in the previous session, if we could keep our questions brief, so that we can hear from our witnesses, then that would be wonderful. I'd like to start to understand the level of financial pressure local authorities are experiencing now and face in…
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 7
You're welcome to respond in English or Welsh. We'll move on straight away to the questions.
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 7
Thank you, Anthony. And Llinos.
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 7
Lovely. Anthony.
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 7
And then on the screen, who have I got? Lis.
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 7
Jon, start with you?
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 7
Good morning. We're back for our second scrutiny session this morning. We are joined by witnesses from the Welsh Local Government Association. I'd like you just to introduce yourselves and who you represent. If we start in the room.
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
Thank you so much for your evidence. It's been a great session and I think we could have gone one for quite a number of hours discussing this. There will a transcript available for you to check for accuracy. Thank you very much. We'll go into private now for…
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
Thank you very much for your time this morning.
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
Thank you very much.
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
Would you agree with the statement and that assessment? Are we seeing leadership through this budget?
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
Just finally from me, and I know we've gone over by a couple of minutes. In your evidence, the ADSS said, 'Sector transformation requires strong, collective, compassionate leadership, a resilient and respected workforce and these need to be backed up by a…
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
Right. Thank you very much. Russell, did you want to come in, just very briefly?
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
Anything to add, Alwyn?
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
Thank you, Russell. Mike.
19 January 2023Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
I think Rhianon wants to—