6. Debate: The First Supplementary Budget 2018-19

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:39 pm on 10 July 2018.

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Photo of Jane Hutt Jane Hutt Labour 4:39, 10 July 2018

Well, you've put that on the record now, Nick Ramsay. What I was going on to say is that this is a remarkable achievement that we will have, I'm sure, support for the supplementary budget today, and indeed, as you did say, Nick Ramsay, for the fiscal framework that has been achieved, and I would say in spite of eight years of austerity imposed on us in the Welsh Labour Government by the UK Government. But I think this is the achievement of this—. In terms of getting the budget through supplementary, full budget and the fiscal framework, this is a result of political will, the political will of the Welsh Labour Government, but I would also acknowledge political collaboration, which is very pertinent, I would say, in terms of the Finance Committee—the political collaboration we've achieved to advance these fiscal powers in Wales.