9. Debate on The First Supplementary Budget 2019-20

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:09 pm on 9 July 2019.

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Photo of Mike Hedges Mike Hedges Labour 6:09, 9 July 2019

I'm going to break the long run now. I'm going to be voting for the budget. This supplementary budget is set against continuing austerity and Brexit uncertainty. We know we should be receiving at least £800 million more a year than we are currently receiving, which is, coincidentally, approximately the size of this supplementary budget. But to the Conservatives at Westminster, austerity is not an economic policy but an ideology: a twin-track approach of cut and privatise.