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NDM8356 Welsh Conservatives Debate - The health budget
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Meeting: 20/09/2023 - Plenary (Item 7)
Welsh Conservatives Debate - The health budget
NDM8356 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the First Minister’s claims that
Welsh public services must make cuts due to a £900m shortfall during this
financial year.
2. Recognises that the Welsh Government has
received record levels of funding from the UK Government in recent years.
3. Regrets that despite the Welsh
Government receiving 20 per cent more to spend per person on health in Wales
than spending per person on health in England, not all of that funding is being
currently being allocated to the Welsh NHS.
4. Calls on the
Welsh Government to ensure the health budget is protected from any further cuts
during the current financial year.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Heledd Fychan
(South Wales Central)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the First Minister’s claims that
Welsh public services must make cuts due to a real terms £900m inflationary
shortfall since the spending review in 2021.
2. Believes that Westminster Governments
have failed to provide Wales with fair and adequate funding since the dawn of
devolution.
3. Regrets the Welsh Government’s failure
to foresee and prepare for these financial difficulties.
4. Regrets the lack of opportunities
provided to the Senedd by the Welsh Government to scrutinise any proposed cuts.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to protect
funding for all front line services, including the NHS.
If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will
be de-selected.
Amendment 2 Lesley Griffiths
(Wrexham)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that at the UK
Spring Budget, the Welsh Government Budget for 23/24 was worth £900m less than
expected at the time of the UK Spending Review in 2021.
2. Regrets the impact on
Wales of the mismanagement of the UK economy and public finances by successive
UK Conservative governments.
3. Calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to invest in public services, including the NHS, and public infrastructure in the Autumn Statement, ensuring Wales receives its fair share of consequential funding.
Minutes:
The
item started at 16.53
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred
until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM8356 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the First Minister’s claims that Welsh public services
must make cuts due to a £900m shortfall during this financial year.
2. Recognises that the Welsh Government has received record levels
of funding from the UK Government in recent years.
3. Regrets that despite the Welsh Government receiving 20 per cent
more to spend per person on health in Wales than spending per person on health
in England, not all of that funding is being currently being allocated to the
Welsh NHS.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure the health budget is
protected from any further cuts during the current financial year.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
14 |
0 |
38 |
52 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the First Minister’s claims that Welsh public services must
make cuts due to a real terms £900m inflationary shortfall since the spending
review in 2021.
2. Believes that Westminster Governments have failed to provide
Wales with fair and adequate funding since the dawn of devolution.
3. Regrets the Welsh Government’s failure to foresee and prepare
for these financial difficulties.
4. Regrets the lack of opportunities provided to the Senedd by the
Welsh Government to scrutinise any proposed cuts.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to protect funding for all front
line services, including the NHS.
A vote
was taken on amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
12 |
0 |
40 |
52 |
Amendment 1 was not agreed.
Amendment
2 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete
all and replace with:
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Notes that at the UK Spring Budget, the Welsh Government Budget for 23/24 was
worth £900m less than expected at the time of the UK Spending Review in 2021.
2.
Regrets the impact on Wales of the mismanagement of the UK economy and public
finances by successive UK Conservative governments.
3.
Calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to invest in public services,
including the NHS, and public infrastructure in the Autumn Statement, ensuring
Wales receives its fair share of consequential funding.
A vote
was taken on amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
38 |
0 |
14 |
52 |
Amendment 2 was agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM8356 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that at the UK Spring Budget, the Welsh
Government Budget for 23/24 was worth £900m less than expected at the time of
the UK Spending Review in 2021.
2. Regrets the impact on Wales of the
mismanagement of the UK economy and public finances by successive UK
Conservative governments.
3. Calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to
invest in public services, including the NHS, and public infrastructure in the
Autumn Statement, ensuring Wales receives its fair share of consequential
funding.
A vote was taken on amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
37 |
0 |
15 |
52 |
The motion as amended was agreed.