Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:32 pm on 15 February 2017.
Well, Llywydd, Julie Morgan is absolutely right to point to the disproportionate impact on Wales of the UK Government’s welfare reform policies. And, as a Government, and, indeed, across many parts of this Assembly, we have consistently called on the UK Government to change its course in that regard. It’s sometimes said in a shorthand way, Llywydd, isn’t it—that Wales is older, sicker, and poorer than other parts of the United Kingdom? And all those three dimensions have a direct impact on those people who would wish to be able to claim benefits to help them with sickness and incapacity problems that are well beyond their own control.