Decision details

The Finance Committee looked at the Welsh Government’s budget from a strategic, overarching perspective.

It also worked with the other Assembly committees to ensure that proposals for specific Ministerial portfolios were considered in detail.  Committees undertook their own focussed evidence sessions with the relevant Ministers in order to examine the areas of the budget that fell within their respective remits and then reported to the Finance Committee, detailing any concerns they had.

 

The committee held a consultation on the government’s draft budget proposals from July 2014 to September 2014.

 

The Finance Committee’s report on the draft budget, along with relevant correspondence to its scrutiny, can be found below.

 

 

The item started at 14.31

 

Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

 

NDM5619 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 20.12:

 

Notes the Draft Budget for the financial year 2015-2016 laid in the Table Office by the Minister for Finance and Government Business on 30 September 2014.

 

The following amendments were tabled:

 

Amendment 1 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

 

Delete all and replace with:

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

Does not believe the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2015/16 meets the needs of the Welsh people.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
11	0	42	53

Amendment 1 was not agreed.

 

Amendment 2 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

 

Add as new point at end of motion:

 

Regrets that:

 

a) the Draft Budget fails to take an all-Wales approach to future capital investment;

 

b) investment in integration measures in health and social care has been cut, which will result in increased financial pressures on the NHS in the future; and

 

c) a short-sighted approach to investment in skills has resulted in fewer apprenticeship places, which risks leading to a further deterioration in youth unemployment.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
10	0	43	53

Amendment 2 was not agreed.

 

A vote was taken on the motion :

 

NDM5619 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 20.12:

 

Notes the Draft Budget for the financial year 2015-2016 laid in the Table Office by the Minister for Finance and Government Business on 30 September 2014.

For	Abstain	Against	Total
27	5	21	53

The motion was agreed.