Results 61–80 of 3000 for speaker:Rebecca Evans

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Public Libraries (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: Local authorities are responsible for the provision of a library service. The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 requires authorities to provide a comprehensive and efficient service. The Welsh Government supports local library provision through a capital grant fund and by investing in developing innovative services for local communities. 

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: National Parks (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: Well, it is frustrating to have these questions from the Conservative benches when our own budget hasn't been uplifted in line with inflation but yet we're asked to uplift the budgets of other organisations in line with inflation, which is just impossible, really, for us to do across the board. We only had £1.2 billion additional funding over the next two financial years; that doesn't even...

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: National Parks (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: Well, there was a 10 per cent uplift to the national park authorities' core grants, taking it to just over £10 million in 2021-22, and that has been maintained into 2022-23. And the aim of that was to provide greater resilience following the pandemic and also increase the impact of their activities around biodiversity, decarbonisation and sustainable tourism. Now, I do understand the...

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: National Parks (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: As part of the 2022-25 spending review, an additional £9 million revenue and close to £90 million capital has been allocated to enhance green spaces. This includes funding for a new national park. Spending decisions in relation to national parks are, of course, a matter for the Minister for Climate Change.

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: So, in respect of the evidence base that we currently use, we already take into account behavioural impacts in our Welsh rates of income tax ready reckoner, which you'll find on the Welsh Government's website. That shows that, for example, were we to raise the additional rate of Welsh rates of income tax, we would probably bring in around £7 million, but actually, the net impact would only...

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: So, I was surprised by the response of the leader of Plaid Cymru to my response to his debate last week, because I thought that I was very fair and measured in setting out that it is important for the Welsh Government to understand the proper implications of any particular policy before we hitch our horse to that particular cart. And I did say that the constitutional commission is going to be...

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: Well, I think what's really clear from the auditor general’s report is that our acquisition of Gilestone Farm, to allow Green Man to develop its plans, was value for money, properly aligned to our economic ambitions, and followed the appropriate processes and approvals. And, to be clear, the report by Audit Wales underscores that the procedural integrity of the acquisition of the farm is...

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: Well, if my colleague, the economy Minister—sorry, the transport Minister—within whose portfolio this sits was answering the question, I'm sure he would refer you to the fact that the airport does have a particular plan to put itself on a sustainable footing for the future. I think it is important that the airport does have a sustainable plan in terms of becoming profitable, but I think...

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: Well, I share your hope that the members of the unions will now accept the enhanced offer that has been made, which, just to be clear, is over and above the offer that was previously made when we accepted the recommendations of the independent pay review bodies. Our offer is, of course, an additional 3 per cent in this year and 1.5 per cent of that will be consolidated into next year. So, in...

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Bus Services (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: I'm very grateful for the question and also, as Cefin Campbell has done, for recognising the important role that buses play in terms of serving our rural communities in particular. I will ask the Deputy Minister to provide a greater update as those discussions continue because, as I say, he is leading on those discussions, but I think that one thing he would probably want to highlight is the...

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Bus Services (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: I had a meeting just last week with the Deputy Minister for Climate Change and the Minister for Climate Change to discuss this issue and other issues in relation to pressures within the overall transport system. I was pleased that there were some conversations with the traffic commissioner to give the result that the deregistration window has now been temporarily reduced to 28 days. I think...

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Bus Services (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: I would refer the Member to the joint statement on the bus emergency scheme that was issued by the Welsh Government, the Welsh Local Government Association, the Confederation of Passenger Transport and the Coach and Bus Association Cymru last week, which set out that there is now an initial extension of three months, which gives the industry some short-term stability, which it needs while we...

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Bus Services (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: I'm grateful for the question and completely agree with the points that are made about bus services being a critical part of our approach to delivering social justice here in Wales, and, of course, an important part of our environmental aspirations as well. I think that our support for the bus industry through the pandemic and now at the other side of the pandemic has been absolutely crucial...

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Bus Services (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: I regularly engage with my Cabinet colleagues on funding issues. In this financial year, we have made available over £110 million of funding to protect and grow bus services right across Wales. The bus emergency scheme has also been extended into the next financial year. 

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Income Tax (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: Well, I would gently remind the Member that, under the UK Conservative Government, the tax burden on people in Wales, and across the UK, is now at a 70-year high as a result of the decisions that that Government has made. But I do think that Scottish rates of income tax are very much a matter for the Scottish Government and the Scottish Parliament, but that doesn't mean that we can't learn...

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Income Tax (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: I'm very grateful to Hefin David for the question, and for raising Welsh rates of income tax this afternoon. And I completely agree with his assessment that it is not the right time, in a cost-of-living crisis, to be asking those who are on the absolute lowest incomes, and indeed those who have been drawn into the income tax system for the very first time, to be paying more. And I think it's...

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Income Tax (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: Raising the basic rate would add additional costs on those less able to afford it at a time when the UK Government has frozen income tax thresholds, dragging lower earners into the income tax system.

QNR: Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: Decisions on the employment of staff or contraction of workers are for individual local authorities. They are also responsible for determining whether the off-payroll rules apply.

QNR: Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: The core revenue funding that we provide to local authorities each year, including those in north Wales, is distributed according to relative need, using a formula that takes into account information on the demographic, physical, economic and social characteristics of authorities. There is good evidence that this formula distributes a fair share of Welsh Government spending to each local...

QNR: Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government (15 Feb 2023)

Rebecca Evans: I discussed the need to reduce emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change with the Minister for Climate Change and other Ministers, as part of the Government’s budget consideration. 


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