4. Debate: The Final Budget 2018-19

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:34 pm on 16 January 2018.

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Photo of David Melding David Melding Conservative 4:34, 16 January 2018

Of course, I understand why opposition Members are making this point—you may have a right to make it, and they certainly have every right to—. [Interruption.] Sorry—wishful thinking. And certainly, Plaid have every right to make it. But, you know, Labour fought the 2010 manifesto on pretty much the same financial projections that are accepted by the Conservative Party. You did fight the 2015 election on a slightly different basis, but not radically different in terms of the amount that's spent. Now, in 2017, obviously, you did fight very differently. But, you know, we wouldn't be in a radically different position if there'd been a Labour UK Government re-elected in 2010, so this point is a little odd, in my view.