NDM7206 Welsh Conservatives Debate - Welsh Government Funding
NDM7206 Welsh Conservatives Debate - Welsh Government Funding
NDM7206 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Believes that Wales benefits from being part of the United Kingdom.
2.
Notes that, as a result of the Fiscal Framework agreed between the Welsh and UK
Governments, Wales currently receives £1.20 per head for every £1 spent per
head in England on devolved matters.
3.
Welcomes the additional £790 million over and above the Welsh block grant which
has been committed by the UK Government towards Growth Deals across Wales.
4.
Recognises that the funding available for the Welsh Government is at record
levels.
5.
Calls upon the Welsh Government to:
a)
use any additional resources which arise as a result of increased investment on
the NHS by the UK Government to improve the Welsh health service;
b)
use any additional resources which arise as a result of increased investment on
education by the UK Government to improve the Welsh education system;
c)
rule out any tax rises or new taxes in Wales between now and the next elections
to the National Assembly for Wales.
The
following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment
1 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Delete
all and replace with:
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Believes that successive Westminster Governments – under both Labour and the
Conservatives – have presided over intergenerational poverty and chronic
underinvestment in Wales.
2.
Believes that having the economic and fiscal levers of an independent country
is the key to Wales’s future economic prosperity.
[If
Amendment 1 is agreed amendment 2 will be de-selected]
Amendment
2 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete
all after point 1 and replace with:
Notes
that the Welsh Government successfully negotiated a new needs based factor
within the Barnett formula as part of the Fiscal Framework agreement with the
UK Government.
Regrets
that the UK Government often invests less than the Welsh Government in
important non-devolved areas of responsibility across Wales including rail
infrastructure and digital connectivity.
Notes
that the UK Government’s one year spending round leaves the Welsh Government
£300m worse off in real terms compared with 2010-11 and condemns a decade of
unjust, UK imposed austerity.
Notes
that despite the pressures caused by austerity, the Country and Regional
Analysis November 2019 statistics shows that in Wales:
a)
spending per person on health and social services was the highest of the four
UK countries and 11 per cent higher than in England;
b)
spending per person on education was 6 per cent higher than spending per person
in England.
Notes
the Welsh Government’s commitment to not increase Welsh rates of Income Tax
during this Assembly term.
Country
and Regional Analysis November 2019 statistics
Business type: Debate
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 04/06/2021
Decision due: 27 Nov 2019 by Plenary - Fifth Senedd
Lead member: Darren Millar MS