, Finance Committee
Silk Commission—10 years on: Evidence session
Exactly.
, Finance Committee
Silk Commission—10 years on: Evidence session
Absolutely. As a final point, and we touched on it, briefly, earlier on, you shared your thoughts on the potential for devolving the Crown Estate back then. I wonder if you wanted to expand further on that if you felt it's even, perhaps, more relevant now, or…
, Finance Committee
Silk Commission—10 years on: Evidence session
Yes, thanks. I agree with that, Nick. Obviously, you recommended strongly that the Chief Secretary ought to attend this committee and keep us updated, and you'll also know that that hasn't happened. I'm assuming you still feel that ought to happen. Should we…
, Finance Committee
Silk Commission—10 years on: Evidence session
Thank you, Chair. You highlighted in the report the opportunity to improve the availability of information and accountability, and we touched on it earlier, about the public understanding and things. How do you think we've done in achieving that? Have we made…
, Finance Committee
Silk Commission—10 years on: Evidence session
Well, if they'd tried to, I'd have spent it in advance, I think. [Laughter.]
, Finance Committee
Silk Commission—10 years on: Evidence session
It's a fascinating conversation, and I can almost feel a frustration that you gave us the tools and we haven't, really, used them. I suppose politics has got in the way of us using the tools, from all sides. How do we overcome that? Because, for the good of…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: The Legislative Programme
First Minister, thank you for your statement. I was saddened that the word 'food' didn't feature once in the statement, because we know that obesity and other health-related issues are running rampant, and that is something that we need to grab hold of. I…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Schools can carry forward deficit budgets, so long as they're in agreement, with a recovery plan. So, you might have a three-year recovery plan.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
And a final question from me, but I think we covered it earlier on: can you give assurances that the education Minister is content that the actions you've taken around pay and things will prevent redundancies in schools, or some of the wider issues, perhaps…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
So, the additional £8 million we're having, won't you sort of contra that, or just put that against that £40 million, so that you've only actually had to put £32 million?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Okay. Yes, that's great. I'm pretty clear on that. Thank you. We know in the budget that there was no commitment for the Homes for Ukraine scheme in 2023-24, that you were having to fund our own supersponsor scheme yourselves. Will the announcement of £8…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Obviously, I was involved with the Cardiff capital region city deal and the gateway reviews and the need to hit those before you draw down your next—. Is that the same approach that has to happen with the other three growth deals?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
So, that £58 million, you might not know at this point which growth deal is having how much of it, or whatever—that will sit under Vaughan Gething who will be overseeing the allocation of that out to the growth deals, I suppose.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Okay. It was just a coincidence that they were in the same paragraph and they were the same figures; it just looked like it was an accounting exercise. Right, that's great. I'll move on anyway. Talking about additional money, non-Barnett related capital…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Oh, I see, right.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Oh, it's just a coincidence that they're the same size.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
So, in our briefing, it talks of a £99.9 million consequential that came in, which I think is contra-ed by the £100.1 million IFRS-whatever—or have I read it all wrong—and they sort of counter themselves out? I may be—. I'm perhaps misunderstanding what I've…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
No, no, it's an accounting movement. It's classed, in our briefing, as a consequential that came in, but it's to address this accounting situation. Is that right?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Thank you. [Inaudible.]—last one, so I'm clear. So, basically, we saw £99.9 million come in as a consequential and that was to balance the regulation that Mike was just talking about.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
—that Barnett is defined as a Welsh-English project, which is the challengeable point.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
We agree with the principle of what Mike's saying—
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
But we're not, are we? There's no consequential on it.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
A quick follow-up. It's good that the limits are off this year, so you can access them more. I would be hopeful if that could be a recurring situation, perhaps, because I'm sure you'll be trying to use the opportunities that this year will unlock so that you…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Thank you.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
So, in any other areas where we've got to pay a pay deal, if there's no extra money flowing from UK Government, is there already contingency thinking about how that might have to come forward in any future supplementary plan?
