The Rights of People with Disabilities in South Wales Central

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:57 pm on 23 October 2018.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 1:57, 23 October 2018

I disagree entirely with the Member's take on this. Following the UK Government's closure of the independent living fund, back in 2015, we put in place the Welsh independent living grant with local authorities to enable them to continue payments at the same level to people who used to receive the payments, as an interim measure whilst consideration was given to what the longer term arrangement to support those people ought to be.