17 April 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
We are proceeding with legislative proposals for the visitor levy. A regulatory impact assessment will be presented alongside draft legislation in the autumn. The impact assessment will outline the estimated costs and benefits from use of a visitor levy in…
17 April 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
The first thing I’d just like to remind colleagues about is the fact that the funding that does come to us here in Wales does reflect that we have a generally higher level of need, and the point there being that it costs us more to deliver things here in…
17 April 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
I’m grateful for the question and also for the recognition of the cross-party support that there is here in the Senedd in terms of the raw deal that we get in Wales when it comes to funding, and the fact that we have a shared interest in those fiscal…
17 April 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
I have repeatedly made the case to the UK Government for fair funding for Wales through regular meetings with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and through correspondence with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
16 April 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill
To respond to some of the specific concerns, particularly those, I think, at this point, raised by the Chairs of committees in relation to the desire for those 60-day laying periods, our concern is that that could disadvantage taxpayers by delaying or even…
16 April 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill
Diolch, and thank you to all colleagues this afternoon for their contributions. I know in some places we've necessarily talked about our areas of difference that we have. I think it's also important that we just remain focused on what the Bill is about. We've…
16 April 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill
Thank you. I'd like to begin by thanking all three Senedd committees for their careful scrutiny throughout Stage 1 of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill, and for their conclusions and recommendations. I move the motion and the financial resolution…
20 March 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Barnett formula
And the motion today recognises that it's not only the flexibilities that are insufficient, but there's also a need to reform that funding model as a whole. The Barnett formula has seen some important reforms in the way that it's applied in Wales and…
20 March 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Barnett formula
So, I'd just remind colleagues that the Conservatives are in Government, so it's been the Conservatives who I have been approaching on this instance. So, I have written to the UK Government reflecting the cross-party agreement that we had, but also, in last…
20 March 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Barnett formula
Thank you very much and thank you to Plaid Cymru for tabling what's a really important and interesting debate this afternoon. It's clear that the current UK funding model doesn't work for Wales. Less than a month ago, this Senedd voted unanimously in favour…
20 March 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Barnett formula
Yes, formally move.
20 March 2024 , Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Vaughan Gething.
13 March 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: UK Government budget
Absolutely. The poorest are getting poorer, and that's especially so in that context I've described about the cost of living and disposable income and so on. And it is the most wealthy who are benefitting from these recent changes by the UK Government. And…
13 March 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: UK Government budget
Of course.
13 March 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: UK Government budget
Thank you, Llywydd. So, we've just heard about how the Conservative Government is serious about growth, and a year on from the so-called budget for growth, the Chancellor delivered his latest budget last week against the backdrop of the UK economy, which is…
13 March 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: UK Government budget
Yes. Formally.
13 March 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Second Supplementary Budget 2023-24
Thank you. I'm very grateful to colleagues for their contributions today. Obviously, the second supplementary budget is an important part of our budgeting process. It approves and authorises the revised spending plans of the Welsh Government and those bodies…
13 March 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Second Supplementary Budget 2023-24
Thank you. This supplementary budget presents the Welsh Government's final spending plans for the current financial year. It increases our fiscal revenue and capital spending plans by £429 million—a 1.9 per cent increase on the position set out in the first…
5 March 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2024-25
The settlement itself is a result of changes in deprivation—it's changes in population, it's reflective of sparsity, and all of those things do change, every year, meaning that there are some shifts in the relationship between individual councils and the…
5 March 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2024-25
Thank you. The answer is for the UK Government to choose to invest in public services in its budget tomorrow, providing public services, including local government, with the resources they require in order to deliver the services that their communities need…
5 March 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2024-25
Thank you. I'll just begin by recognising that the settlement doesn't match the impact of inflation or the increasing demands that we're seeing on local authorities, but we also have to remember that this settlement does build on what have been improved…
5 March 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2024-25
Today I'm presenting to the Senedd for its approval the 2024-25 local government settlement for the 22 unitary authorities in Wales. First, I'd like to record my thanks to local government, both elected members and staff across local government services, for…
5 March 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Final Budget 2024-25
What we're trying to do is recognise the immense need that there is within the NHS, and one of those is particularly around pay. That's one of the greatest pressures that we are facing within the NHS, and one of the struggles that we do have is the fact that…
5 March 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Final Budget 2024-25
That she has set out the priorities for next year, and the NHS Wales planning framework for 2024-27 does set out the priorities for three years and recognises the need to stabilise the financial position of those organisations. I'll take the intervention.
5 March 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Final Budget 2024-25
I will shortly.
