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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
And I'll add to the wishlist: could we have more detail of line-by-line spending and taxation? Usually, Mike dusts off his speech and says he'd like to see a Plaid Cymru budget and a Conservative budget as well. Well, it would be great to have some more…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
I think Mike wants to come in.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
Obviously, we're going to have this budget and everything, but it'll be looking at the budget round of 2024-25, potentially, as a time when we'll have had the time to even consider changing things, if we need to change things. I welcome the dialogue so that…
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
Ah, right, okay. There we are. Fine. And I've only got a couple of things to look at before we finish. Looking beyond, I suppose, what we're in at the moment, we've been discussing for a little while the budget protocol and possibly how do we move things…
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
Thanks. With those inter-parliamentary relationships and inter-government relationships, have you had the finance Ministers group, the quadrilateral—did you say that had happened yet? Or is that happening soon? I can't remember.
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
Thanks, Jayne. Did you want to come back in, Jayne?
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
Thank you. Jayne.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
Mike would just like to come in quickly, if he can.
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
Jayne, sorry—
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
And based on that, we had a very interesting debate with the Youth Parliament. I know you've engaged with the Youth Parliament as well, and seeing that work come to fruition will be excellent as well. We started this year, but, obviously, it's something that…
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
Peter.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
Of course, yes.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
Sorry, yes, of course.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
And obviously, this committee would work with you, should those things arise and we'd do what we can to help out with making sure that it's scrutinised and done properly. I'll pass over to Mike.
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
And we've got a lot of very nervous people in our communities, thinking what this winter holds for them, don't we? So, anything that we can do to help them navigate their way through this winter and beyond is something that we need to be doing. Based on your…
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
Of course.
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
Because if you decided that it was something that you might consider, you might have more income to put into that budget, so it'd be something to—. Yes, we'd be interested in understanding, and we'll probably revisit it when we see you again in December, I'd…
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
And then finally from me on this bit, in terms of timings—and, obviously, we have the debate when it's the final budget—would there be any scope to have an idea of your thought process when you're laying the draft budget? And would you be in a position…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
I don't know if Peter wanted to come in on this bit. You were talking about it earlier.
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
Can I move on, then, to a question you've been asked a few times over the last couple of days, once by me and a couple of times by Llyr about the 20p tax rate and that being cut and whether or not you'd consider leaving it where it is? So, what would be the…
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
There we are. So, we might be able to put them into our—. We've got a meeting next week, so we might be able to look at them then.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
You talked about the regulations. When are the regulations going to be laid, and when will this committee get a chance to have a look at them?
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
As you forecast, if everything stayed the same, as it were.
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
Do you have an idea of what that difference will be?
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—Pre-budget scrutiny
What's the impact going to be on the actual revenue generated? Have you forecast that?
