Speeches and questions

7 March 2023, Plenary

Voting Time

The next vote is on item 4, the debate on the final budget for 2023-24. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 29, 12 abstentions and 15 against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.

7 March 2023, Plenary

Voting Time

The first vote of this afternoon is on item 3, the debate on Welsh rates of income tax for 2023-24. I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Lesley Griffiths. In favour 44, 12 abstentions and none against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.

7 March 2023, Plenary

Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2023-24

That brings us to voting time. Unless three Members wish for the bell to be rung, I will proceed directly to voting time.

7 March 2023, Plenary

Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2023-24

Thank you, Minister. The proposal is to agree the motion. Does any Member object? [Objection.] Yes, there is objection. I will therefore defer voting under this item until voting time.

7 March 2023, Plenary

Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2023-24

I call on the Minister to reply to the debate.

7 March 2023, Plenary

Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2023-24

So, we move on now to item 5, which is a debate on the local government settlement for 2023-24, and I call on the Minister for Finance and Local Government to move the motion—Rebecca Evans.

7 March 2023, Plenary

Debate: The Final Budget 2023-24

Thank you, Minister. As voting on the Wales rates of income tax 2023-24 has been deferred until voting time, I will defer the vote on the final budget for 2023-24 until voting time as well, in accordance with Standing Order 20.29A.

7 March 2023, Plenary

Debate: The Final Budget 2023-24

I call on the Minister for Finance and Local Government to reply to the debate. Rebecca Evans.

7 March 2023, Plenary

Debate: The Final Budget 2023-24

And the final speaker in this debate before the Minister's response, Alun Davies.

7 March 2023, Plenary

Debate: The Final Budget 2023-24

I ask Members to let the Member for North Wales continue his contribution, and that he can do so in his normal tones, without having to shout because there is too much noise in the Chamber.

7 March 2023, Plenary

Debate: The Final Budget 2023-24

Can Members allow the Member for Mid and West Wales to actually conclude, please, by being quiet?

7 March 2023, Plenary

Debate: The Final Budget 2023-24

[Inaudible.]

7 March 2023, Plenary

Debate: The Final Budget 2023-24

Laura Anne Jones.

7 March 2023, Plenary

Debate: The Final Budget 2023-24

No. I have 14 Members wishing to speak. I need to use the time effectively. You need to conclude now, please.

7 March 2023, Plenary

Debate: The Final Budget 2023-24

Thank you, Peter.

7 March 2023, Plenary

Debate: The Final Budget 2023-24

Hefin, let the Member speak, please.

7 March 2023, Plenary

Debate: The Final Budget 2023-24

[Inaudible.]—Peter. Could Members stop having a discussion across the Chamber so that we can hear the speaker, please?

7 March 2023, Plenary

Debate: The Final Budget 2023-24

I call on the Chair of the Finance Committee, Peredur Owen Griffiths.

28 February 2023, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Wales: A community of communities

Item 7, a statement by the Minister for Social Justice—Wales: a community of communities. And I call the Minister for Social Justice, Jane Hutt.

28 February 2023, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and further intervention to improve the quality of services in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Thank you, Minister.

28 February 2023, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and further intervention to improve the quality of services in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Minister, you do not need to respond to sedentary comments.

28 February 2023, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and further intervention to improve the quality of services in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

There will be no point of order. I was about to ask for quiet so that the Minister can be heard, and that's what I'll ask for: quiet so that the Minister can be heard.

28 February 2023, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and further intervention to improve the quality of services in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Wait, no.

28 February 2023, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and further intervention to improve the quality of services in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Janet, you need to finish now, please.

28 February 2023, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and further intervention to improve the quality of services in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

And finally, Janet Finch-Saunders.