Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 1:33 pm on 17 January 2017.
There’s been a great deal of talk of the possibility that the attendance allowance is to be devolved to Wales from Westminster. Some 100,000 people in Wales receive this benefit at a cost of some £400 million per annum. Now, if these benefits are devolved to Wales, we will then have to decide what the role of local authorities will be. Plaid Cymru, of course, always welcomes additional powers residing here in Wales for the benefit of the people of Wales, but there are concerns that this move is a money-saving mechanism ultimately. So, how can you ensure that older disabled people in Wales won’t lose out if this change were to occur?