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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. Earlier this month, I had the opportunity—very humbling, it was—to visit the fantastic ICUsteps support group in Abergavenny, and it was extremely moving. I didn't realise, until that point, the trauma of people who've gone…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
5. What action is the Welsh Government taking to support patients who have received intensive care? OQ61571
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Thank you, Minister, for that response. Getting parents back into the workforce is fundamental to a thriving economy. I know that you would agree with that. Last year, Oxfam found that over a quarter of Welsh respondents to its survey were spending over £900…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
7. What action is the Welsh Government taking to encourage parents of young children back into the workforce? OQ61572
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
And that'll be part of the conversation that you'll have, no doubt, when you start looking deeper at the fiscal framework and how you can review it, in a similar way as you reviewed it in 2016, making it more relevant.
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Great. Thank you for that clarity. That's really helpful. I was going to talk about fiscal frameworks, but we've covered that. But, on one element around Barnett, the BBC reported that the First Minister wants to press for, I quote, 'a fair approach to the…
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
I must put it on record that I'm not advocating that we do increase income tax. It's certainly something I would be very supportive of you not to do. But, just moving on, and I think we've covered this a little bit, I recognise that the Chancellor is…
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you. A couple of my questions I think we've pretty well covered, but, just given the tone of the pressures now that the UK Government have identified and their cautious approach going forward, and recognising how that probably is going to constrain…
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Is there any thought of doing a deep analysis to understand if systems work right, because I think this is what lots of the public and lots of people are worried about, that the systems aren't efficient and are creating problems. We've seen it with one of the…
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
A little point, probably going off piste a bit, but recognising the things you want to focus on now. One thing I've found of great concern is that whilst I’m always happy to see investment going to areas like the health service, it’s knowing that we are…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Winter preparedness in the NHS
Thank you for the statement, Cabinet Secretary. I agree with the piece where you said that health boards and local authorities need to work together to unlock bed space, but clearly that's social care, isn't it, and the need to do more with social care. I was…
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Yes, makes sense.
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
But if you want to recycle it, obviously, it would be in your domain to recycle it back into—. If it's defined, it has to go into a certain area to get it back into that area. Is there a time constraint on how fast that has to be done before it gets taken…
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Just a little one. Is there a period of time that recycled money has to go back into the same sort of cause, or can we hold it—it's not money that then ends up having to be sent back if we don't allocate it straight away? It's not like the original sum, if…
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Okay, thank you.
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Yes, okay, Barnett. The application of the Barnett formula has been raised as having an impact on the FTC funding mechanism. Can you expand on how the Barnett formula impacts the financial transactions capital funding made available to the Welsh Government…
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Sorry, I've been fussing around. I've got three to choose from; which one do you want?
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
That would be a good way forward, I think.
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Ah, we can retain that.
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Sorry, I should know this. The 20 per cent that doesn't get repaid, is that written off? I can't remember what the rules are on it.
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Great. Thank you for that—
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
So, no cash changes hands as such, but there's an opportunity cost for not allocating it, because you lose out on a project, really, on a potential project.
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
I think there's a whole debate outside of financial transactions capital about what value we put on social value and how we weight that and bring it into our forward planning and budget allocation—invest-to-save and things. But that's outside the scope of…
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Yes, I just wondered where we are on progress with reform. Are we on the journey yet or are we still scoping that?
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Thank you. We've talked a lot about the constraints of financial transactions capital, and I understand that the Welsh Government is looking at the reform of the allocation and management of it. I think we've got a fair flavour of why you might be wanting to…
