NDM8923 Plaid Cymru Debate - UK Government spending review

NDM8923 Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Notes that UK Government will announce the conclusions of its spending review on 11 June.

2. Regrets that decisions taken by the Labour UK Government over the last year have disproportionately affected Wales.

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to press the UK Government to introduce an economic fairness bill which:

a) ensures fair funding for Wales;

b) devolves powers to create new income tax bands; and

c) increases draw-down limits and borrowing powers in line with inflation.

4. Calls on the UK Government to:

a) address the historic underinvestment in Welsh rail infrastructure, commit to the full £4 billion of HS2 consequential funding and devolve powers and funding over rail infrastructure to Wales; 

b) reinstate the winter fuel allowance as a universal provision and scrap the two child benefit cap without delay;

c) reimburse the Welsh Government in full for the impact of employer national insurance increases; and

d) introduce a wealth tax, ensuring that the burden falls on those individuals and corporations with the broadest shoulders to bear a fairer share of overall tax paid.