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Debate: Priorities for 2022-23 Budget Preparations
Thank you very much, Llywydd. I'm pleased to be able to contribute to this important debate today in my role as Chair of the Finance Committee. Like buses, they don't come for ages and then you get two at once, and I'm very pleased to be able to take part.
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Debate: The First Supplementary Budget 2021-22
I'm pleased to have been able to speak in today's debate, my first for me as the new Chair of the Finance Committee. I understand that the previous Finance Committees have had a constructive relationship with finance Ministers and I look forward to continuing…
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Debate: The First Supplementary Budget 2021-22
This supplementary budget shows an increase in allocations to Welsh Government departments of £1.2 billion. That's an increase from £19.7 billion to £20.9 billion. The allocations are mainly based on the Welsh Government’s continued response to the pandemic…
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Debate: The First Supplementary Budget 2021-22
Thank you, Llywydd. I'm very pleased to speak in this debate today on behalf of the Finance Committee. The committee undertook scrutiny on the first supplementary budget on 2 July. I thank the Minister for her attendance and also I thank the Members for…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'd like to bring up the rights of disabled people living in Wales. Earlier this month, the 'Locked out' report, commissioned by your Government, was a wake-up call to many in authority, as it detailed how the pandemic had led to medical…
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Short Debate: More than just a smile: Are care home residents getting the right dental treatment?
Now, staff in care homes are working their socks off—I don’t think there’s many here who would deny this—but, inevitably, things move down the priority list. Indeed, dental care, for many of us over the last 18 months, has taken a back seat due to the need…
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Short Debate: More than just a smile: Are care home residents getting the right dental treatment?
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd, and just to let Members know that I've agreed to a request from Sioned Williams to make a short contribution at the end of this debate. Over the past few weeks, I've been getting to know the different aspects of my portfolio. I'm the…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch yn fawr. My question is in two parts. Can the Welsh Government outline how much of the £8.4 million invested into the end-of-life care sector each year in Wales goes towards paediatric palliative care services? Secondly, Tŷ Hafan and Tŷ Gobaith receive…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
2. How is the Welsh Government ensuring that children in need of palliative care get the best possible care? OQ56741
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting, and from future meetings until further notice
I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and then for further meetings until further notice. Is everybody content with that? Yes. Thank you very much. So, we will…
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Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
Thank you very much. I've got no further questions. Unless one of my colleagues has any further questions, I'd like to thank you very much, Minister, for your time this morning, and obviously your officials with you here. There we are. I think we'll move on…
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Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
Do you then use things like the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and the climate emergency? How does that have a bearing, then, on your allocations, and where does that come in the priority list? Is it low down or is it high up on your list…
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Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
Great. Any further questions for the Minister? I've got just one, really. As you're coming together with your colleagues and working out priority for allocation—going back to the allocation of the £1.2 billion that's there—do you have a set criteria that you…
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Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
Diolch for that, Peter. Can I bring Alun Davies in, please?
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Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
Yes. Yes, please do.
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Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
And whether or not those criteria possibly might need re-looking at if we wanted to help more businesses. But let me bring in Peter Fox. Peter, over to you.
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Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
No problem. Thank you. Just briefly, before I move on to ask Peter Fox to ask questions, you said that 76 per cent of applications were approved. Do you have any indication of why the 24 per cent were not approved?
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Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
I'll bring Rhianon in now, if I can, please.
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Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
Alun, you wanted to come in.
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Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
Thank you very much. And then, last year, you raised significant concerns regarding how the UK Government communicated policies that resulted in positive or negative funding consequentials for Wales. What are the issues that are likely to persist into this…
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Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
Okay, thank you very much. Obviously, the First Minister has said that it's going to be a radical programme for government, and we see that there's about £1.2 billion unallocated funding there. My question is twofold: how are we going to see that £1.2 billion…
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Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
So, what changes will we now see about the decisions being made and the prioritisations, in line with the new programme for government?
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Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
Lovely. Thank you very much. Well, we'll move on to item 3. So, this is where we get to speak to the Minister and yourselves about the first supplementary budget, so a warm welcome to you all. We're going to invite some questions and we've all had a chance to…
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Papers to note
Could I ask everybody—the witnesses—to state their names and roles for the Record, please?
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Papers to note
Okay. Thank you very much for joining us this morning and thank you, Minister, for joining us as well. I'm just going to invite you to note that we have two letters: a letter from the Chief Executive and Clerk of the Senedd—that is PTN1; and PTN2 relates to…
