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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Yes, and, as I said, I met with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury last week. She was even newer in her post than I am. I'm not sure how long, given possible Treasury reshuffles in the future, she will be in that post, but I wish her well. We had a positive…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
During my first meeting with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury last week, I emphasised that fiscal reform, including fair funding and addressing the Barnett formula, are key priorities. We agreed that we would work constructively together to deliver better…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Thank you, Llywydd, for giving me an opportunity to correct the Record in terms of the statement on the supplementary budget yesterday. During the discussion, I used two different figures in error for the level of unallocated capital—the first, which was…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
For the avoidance of doubt and for the public record, this budget that was published at 10 o'clock this morning has a balance of £246 million unallocated resource and £29 million [correction: £29,000] FootnoteLink unallocated general capital. That provides us…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
Thank you for outlining the benefit and the good that will come from the £55 million on extending the childcare provision that's outlined in this supplementary budget. As you've outlined very clearly, childcare costs are a disincentive for people to be in the…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
Thank you, and full recognition of your role as a Member in the last Senedd, working collaboratively with the Government to introduce the £1 bus fares for young people. It appears to be a very successful scheme, and that's why this Government has been…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
This budget today, this supplementary budget, honours the budget that the previous Government allocated to all public funding in Wales, including ALN. I don't need to point out to you that you were the Minister for education responsible for making the case…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
To reiterate the point I've made several times now, yes, Plaid Cymru, as would all Members in that last Senedd, would have seen and known the allocations that the previous Government were allocating to various budgets as a result of that budget process and…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
Thank you very much to the former Chair of the Finance Committee. Yes, it was a deliberate decision by this Government to honour the budget passed by the previous Senedd, and to do that because that budget was already operational within our health boards, our…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
Thank you, Sam Rowlands, and thank you for those questions and comments. This Government is keen to ensure that it is both business friendly and keen to make sure that we support business and economic growth here in Wales. Our top priority for doing that is…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
The capital allocation available to the Welsh Government, to this Welsh Government, is carried over from a capital allocation that was clearly outlined by Mark Drakeford, my predecessor, as something that he thought, and we agreed, should be allocated by the…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
I thank the Member for the contribution, and I welcome him to his portfolio—a cardi scrutinising a cardi here, or at least a cardi by upbringing. Yes, the Ministers have heard, and I've heard, the criticism, and I've heard it before this afternoon, in terms…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
Yes, in opposition, Plaid Cymru scrutinised the budget that was proposed by the previous Government, and we sought and received further additional resource as part of that budgetary process for both the NHS and local authorities. And, yes, of course we knew…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
Today, therefore, I lay a supplementary budget that starts to deliver on our priorities and ensure long-term stability, not just short-term fixes. This budget lays the foundation for how this Government will fund the commitments it has made, and I am proud to…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
As I look around me in this Chamber today, I see Members and parties who voted for this financial year’s current budget, which is unchanged by my statement today. I see those who have advocated over the past months in election campaigns throughout Wales the…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
We have inherited a challenging financial situation, and we face significant pressures across the public sector. This is a supplementary budget—a budget within a financial year. We have therefore chosen to honour the budget voted for in January, a budget that…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. It is my pleasure today to present the first budget of this new Senedd term and the first ever budget by a Plaid Cymru Welsh Government. We said before the election that we would publish a budget within our first 100 days, and here…
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Rhun ap Iorwerth.
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90-second Statements
The captain, Denise, said at the start of the journey that they had been planning and training for five years, and that they wanted to make Wales proud. Well, Wales is certainly proud of Merched y Môr. On behalf of the Senedd, huge congratulations to these…
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90-second Statements
Llongyfarchiadau, big congrats, to Merched y Môr, a four‑woman rowing team from Pembrokeshire. They have just completed the world’s toughest row, Atlantic, one of the most demanding endurance races in the world, and they are the first all‑Wales female crew to…
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90-second Statements
Geraint Jenkins recently passed away. He was a boy from Penparcau, who became a distinguished academic and university professor. His subject was Welsh history, and he was a history lecturer at Aberystwyth University from 1968 until 1993, and served as head of…
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90-second Statements
Here in this Senedd, we regularly debate petitions where 10,000 people or more have signed to support a cause. Imagine a petition of 390,296 signatures, all women, all signed by hand, from every community in Wales, and all collected exactly 100 years ago…
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90-second Statements
The first female chat show host in the history of British television was a middle-aged woman from Briton Ferry, Mavis Nicholson, the daughter of a Port Talbot steelworks crane operator. Born in the 1930s, brought up in a small terraced house, she went on to…
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90-second Statements
A number of you may not have noticed this week’s most important event, but on Monday, A Repertory of Welsh Manuscripts and Scribes c.800-c.1800 was launched by Dr Daniel Huws and presented to the First Minister. Dr Huws has been working on this project since…
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Debate on the Report of the Special Purpose Committee on Senedd Reform—Reforming our Senedd: A stronger voice for the people of Wales
Let me start by thanking the Chair of the committee, members past and present, and the Commission staff who worked to produce the report and recommendations for today. I thank also the expert panel chaired by Laura McAllister, commissioned five years ago by…
