7. Debate: The Second Supplementary Budget 2017-18

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:00 pm on 6 March 2018.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 5:00, 6 March 2018

I'm very happy, of course, to write to Adam Price on the specific points that he raised.FootnoteLink I believe I'm right in saying that the changes within the education MEG are designed to support the agreement that we've reached with Plaid Cymru, and that's why you see money moving around. It's as a result of our agreement to make sure that we can deliver it, rather than anything else.

On some of the other points that Adam raised, I think we will find—but I will check the detail—that those changes are as a result of us being able to bring forward some European funding. So, it's not a reduction in spend, it's just using other money while we're able to for those purposes so that we can release money then to do other things as well.