10. Debate: The Draft Budget 2019-20

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:54 pm on 4 December 2018.

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Photo of Darren Millar Darren Millar Conservative 6:54, 4 December 2018

Frankly, as has been the case in previous years, the detail of the budget is so opaque and difficult to unpick and drill down into that it's very difficult to know what other horrors lie beneath the surface.

So, in conclusion, this budget represents a missed opportunity for Wales. We have record levels of funding, rising budgets coming to the Welsh Labour Government, and they could have taken the opportunity to back businesses, to invest in the next generation and to do more to support those in need. But instead we've got a budget before us that is going to stifle businesses, which is cutting funding for our schools and failing to invest in the preventative services that vulnerable people need. It's a budget from a Government that, after 20 years, has run out of steam and run out of ideas. We'll be voting against it and we hope others will too.