The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance – in the Senedd at 2:10 pm on 24 January 2018.

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Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru 2:10, 24 January 2018

(Translated)

I think it is still true to say that the well-being of future generations Act is like a shadow in terms of the influence it’s had on the budget to date. Now, I know that the Cabinet Secretary is very willing in answering questions such as this—and I don’t want to tempt him, because I do know that he has a list of projects that meet each of the goals of the Act. I don’t want to tempt him into that. But I want to ask him specifically, as the commission for future generations had been involved in aspects of this year’s budget, working specifically on one issue, which is decarbonisation, and also as there’s an intention to introduce carbon budgeting under another piece of legislation, the Environment (Wales) Act 2016, how would we expect next year’s budget to reflect the determination involved in that work?