11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
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11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
That's very good of you. Thank you. I would like to ask about respite for carers, because one of the key things that keeps carers going is knowing that, at some stage, they're going to have a break. That's how they manage; it's the only way they can manage…
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
—as a direct consequence of the cost-of-living crisis?
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Just talking about budgets, and we can't escape the knock-on effect of poverty that's been created by the cost-of-living crisis, which we all know was created by a disastrous budget earlier last year, so, what I'm interested in knowing here is the impact of…
11 January 2023 , Plenary
Topical Questions
First of all, I want to declare my membership of Unite, the trade union. I believe, as others will, that this is an ideologically led attack on workers' fundamental right to strike. They have a track record on this, and they've brought in several pieces of…
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Diversity in Democracy—Survey Results
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Our local authorities do excellent work, but sometimes they do it with one hand tied behind their back. We've got the cabinet system in place, but it seems that there's very little support for Members to carry out scrutiny. In order to…
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'd like to hear from the education Minister about what is being done to address misogynistic ideology in the classroom. The case of Andrew Tate has lifted the lid on a pervasive, toxic and dangerous culture that is targeting vulnerable boys in…
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that answer, First Minister. This time last year, the Counsel General told this Senedd that the Welsh Government would maintain or improve EU standards. That commitment is imperative if we are going to erase the continued Brexit burden facing…
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
6. What support will the Government offer the exporters of Welsh goods in 2023? OQ58935
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I think it might be worth, First Minister, encouraging people to look at the map of flood and coastal capital investment that is available online. You have already mentioned that there has been Welsh Government investment of £71 million for this financial…
14 December 2022 , Plenary
Topical Questions
The White Ribbon pledge is never to commit, excuse or remain silent about men's violence against women. When the service allowed two abusers to keep their jobs, it broke that promise. Llywydd, I want to pay tribute to the brave women who have spoken out, and…
14 December 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
That's not 'levelling up' in my mind. So, in terms of the draft budget support for children and young people whose—sorry, I've asked that one. How does that budget support the higher and further education, which is critical to us progressing further on in…
14 December 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
I refuse to call it the 'levelling-up fund', so we'll have to disagree on what it's been named. But there's a huge gap here, and what are the implications in your budget, because you deal in figures? What is the gap, the estimated gap, between what we…
14 December 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
And finally, EU funding replacement—or 'non-replacement', as I might call it—it's been discussed in this committee and they did a report on it, the shared prosperity fund and investment plans, which have been agreed. How does the 2023-24 budget complement the…
14 December 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
And could you identify in the draft budget the support that's been given to children and young people whose education, development, mental health and well-being have, of course, been impacted, firstly by the pandemic, and now ongoing with the cost-of-living…
14 December 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
We are on very limited time now. So, beyond everything that you've already said that you're doing to support businesses—so, I'm not asking you to repeat any of that—what evidence was used in the approach to the draft budget to assist those who have businesses…
14 December 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
The UK Government—. Sorry, 'local government' I meant to say, not 'UK Government'—it, of course, provides additional support to people to either alleviate poverty or to improve health outcomes. They do that, of course, through the services that they provide…
14 December 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
And finally—
14 December 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
Have you had any conversations with the UK Government in terms of the benefits that people receive to help them—I can't, again, remember the terminology—to pay their rent? It's been capped for years, the element of receipt of that allowance, which of course…
14 December 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
I understand that the housing support element has been reduced. There were comments about it yesterday and comments about it last night, raising concerns. I may not have the right terminology, but, nonetheless, it's a support grant that helps people stay in…
14 December 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
You might have noticed, Minister, that we're in a cost-of-living crisis, and that it is estimated that it will impact on the poorest quite significantly. So, in terms of your budget addressing what is obvious to everyone, could you explain to us how you're…
14 December 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
Just a small question. I was on the original Wales gender budget group. In terms of output, you could match output with an area that might be invested in, just a small town or village. You could also look at the census, and look at what the make-up is of that…
14 December 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
Yes, just a word of caution on this, or thinking wider: if that is the case, that you look at them in the round rather than individually, I think there would need to be some caution about the way they franchise them out so that the individual who takes that…
14 December 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
Just on reserves. Obviously, there has to be a safe limit of reserves that you maintain and so I'm assuming that—. You said you've, sort of, maxed out to the minimum safe limit. But we're all seeing what's going on outside, and we're in a very cold spell at…
13 December 2022 , Plenary
Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2023-24
Thank you very much. You mentioned £227 million for local government, but of course there is the £31 billion Government loans scheme that was just handed back. They didn't pursue it, they just threw our money away. They're just completely careless with public…
