Questions to the Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government

QNR – in the Senedd on 20 February 2019.

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Photo of Dawn Bowden Dawn Bowden Labour

(Translated) What recent assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact of welfare reforms on the south Wales valleys?

Photo of Hannah Blythyn Hannah Blythyn Labour

I am extremely concerned by the devastating impact that the UK Government’s welfare reforms are having on low-income families, particularly those with children, in the south Wales Valleys and elsewhere. We have repeatedly expressed our concerns to the UK Government calling for a halt to rolling out of universal credit.