Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:41 pm on 11 January 2017.
Can I thank the Member for his question and for the persistence with which he has pursued this issue on the floor of the Assembly? So, Members will recall that discussions with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury began as far back as July of last year and came to a conclusion just after the Assembly went into recess before Christmas, with an agreement between the Welsh Government and the United Kingdom Government on the Welsh Government’s fiscal framework. As well as providing evidence to the Finance Committee this morning, I will make an oral statement on the floor of the Assembly on Tuesday next week, because the fiscal framework has been created within the context of the Wales Bill, and I hope to be able to report to Assembly Members and answer any questions in advance of the debate that we will have on the Wales Bill legislative consent motion.