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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
That would be quite interesting, yes, please. Thank you. I'm going to move on to my next question in regard to, I suppose, the root of the circular economy, which will be to reduce, reuse, recycle, repurpose, et cetera, et cetera. So, the £5 million fund…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Yes, okay. Sorry, carry on.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
I presume from your comments you'd be interested in vertical progression on career pathways, and assistance and support around that, then.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Diolch, Chair. We mentioned, with witnesses in the previous session, themes around the importance of apprenticeships within the budget and skills building. How effective do you feel, as witnesses to the committee, is the draft budget in supporting the…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Very briefly, then. Just—. I don't know if we're answering slightly different questions here, but, in terms of what's just been said about the engagement being good, and being proactive around that, obviously Welsh Government has many different sectors, so if…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 6
Okay. Thank you very much, Chair.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 6
Thank you. Do you think, Dr Winckler, that Welsh Government uses its taxation powers to effectively disable poverty and inequality issues? And what further actions, if any, would you like to see Welsh Government—or what would you like to advocate around…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 6
Okay, thank you very much, Chair. Thank you, Victoria.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 6
And finally, if the Chair will let me ask this supplementary on the plan, then, to establish a budget improvement impact advisory group, to maintain that equality and that intersectionality in sectors, how would you like to see that group operate, bearing in…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 6
Thanks. Obviously, in terms of a distributional impact analysis, this is something that, perhaps, the new group would be able to push forward. So, going on to my next question, the draft budget's budget improvement plan has committed to two further gender…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 6
Thank you. In regard, then, to potentially future budgets and budget preparedness, in your view, Victoria, does the strategic impact assessment, which is always published alongside the draft budget, give enough context in this year about why particular…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 5
Okay. Thank you for that, that's an important body moving forward. So, very briefly, if I may, finally, Chair: the Welsh Government outlined that it took a zero-based approach to the capital budgets for the draft budget. In your view, has this led to a step…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 5
Well, that brings me on to the next question, actually. In regard, then, to the evolving of the—excuse me, there's a frog in my throat—budget equality group and the emergence, then, of the budget improvement impact advisory group that would be looking at that…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 5
If I interrupt you on that, then, Sophie, because time is limited. In regard, then, to the draft budget, you've mentioned three key areas there, and you also mentioned the basic income and the pilot, and obviously there's £10 million going towards that as a…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 5
Thank you, Chair, and it does, actually. In regard to what you've just said around specific interventions, I think you already mentioned, Sophie, that there's a strong equality theme throughout this draft budget, and also some specific allocations. Further to…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you. Martha Spurrier, director of human rights group Liberty, has said that: 'This plan to reform the Human Rights Act is a blatant, unashamed power grab from a Government that wants to put themselves above the law. They are quite literally rewriting…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
6. What consideration has the Counsel General given to the impact on Welsh law of the UK Government's review of human rights legislation? OQ57428
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch, Minister. We know that the physical evaluation of an individual is critical to an individual’s needs, but it is just the beginning of a person’s journey to being settled and secure in a new country. As a nation of sanctuary, I know that in Wales we…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
4. What discussions has the Minister had with the UK Government regarding the Afghan citizens settlement scheme? OQ57427
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
The public health position in Wales today still remains fragile; an estimated one in 20 citizens infected, cases testing positive around 50 per cent and, as a direct consequence, staff absences across the Welsh NHS running at just over 8 per cent last week…
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Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2022-23
That's absolutely fine. It's doing that, and they're trying to sort it. So, Minister, how do you explain, then, to my constituents how it is that Wales will only receive £46 million this year from the UK Government's community renewal fund, on an ad-hoc…
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Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2022-23
Yes, it is. We're having problems with the video. It has to be intermittently put back on. I've almost finished. If I can just come to my question, Deputy Presiding Officer.
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Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2022-23
The people of Islwyn will welcome this important statement today, and this budget will take Wales forward. As the Minister noted, we have in no way escaped the years of Tory austerity before this pandemic hit. The lack of fair funding for Wales, pernicious…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, one of the fundamental tasks of any government is to protect lives and ensure the public health of its citizens, and the Welsh Government has prioritised keeping Wales safe during this global pandemic. With the omicron wave that engulfed us…
