, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 3
As you'll be aware, this is being broadcast, and there will be a transcript available for you to check afterwards, but welcome to the committee, and thanks for your time this morning. I'm going to kick off with some questions. I'd like to start by looking at…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 3
Excellent. Thank you very much. A warm welcome to you.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 3
And, Alex.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 3
Welcome. Rhiannon.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 3
Welcome back. We're moving on to our second scrutiny session today. We've got with us the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales and others. I just wonder if you'd be able to introduce yourselves and who you're representing here today. If we start with…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 3
Great. There we are. We are back live, and I welcome back everyone listening from home.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
Diolch yn fawr iawn i chi.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
As Rhianon says, I think it's a discussion that we probably need to take further at another time, as always. It shows that—. We tend to go over time, because it's so fascinating to listen to your analysis. Thank you so much for your time this morning. There…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
We've probably got time for one more question, Rhianon.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
Thank you. I'm very conscious of time and we haven't really heard from Rhianon. I think, Rhianon, questions 14 and 15 are probably what I'd be most interested in here, in what they are, but it's up to you. We're probably okay to go on a little bit. Our next…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
I think David might have—. I don't know if you've got anything further to add to that, or—
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
We'll move on to Peter, otherwise this committee will move into health committee, and other Chairs will be shouting at me, but fascinating and thank you for your insight there. I'm conscious a little bit of time. If we do run out of time, we might have one or…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
David.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
If I can just bring Peter in briefly, and then I'll come to you, David.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
Peter.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
Guto.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
Thank you. Mike.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
Okay. Thank you. David, did you just—? Yes.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
I think Rhianon wants to comment.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
Just on that, maybe, David or Ed, have you seen in other budgets, and not necessarily Welsh Government budgets, good practice of showing that that we could look at to compare how to do it rather than—?
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
Yes, certainly, David.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
Mike.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
Great. I don't know if David had anything to add, otherwise I'll move on to Mike.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
Peter, did you want to—?
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 2
I'd like to move on to the impact of inflation—we've touched on it earlier in other questions, and I know that Mike's got some questions to follow as well, and I suppose it goes on to a little bit of the supplementary I asked about GDP in different areas…
