Preventative Spend

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 2:02 pm on 20 November 2019.

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Photo of Lynne Neagle Lynne Neagle Labour 2:02, 20 November 2019

Thank you for that answer, Minister. You'll be aware that it has been a constant theme of the budget scrutiny by the Children, Young People and Education Committee that the Welsh Government needs to do more in terms of preventative spend, and, indeed, in terms of the scrutiny of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee. And the figures that you've referred to—and I heard your answer to Llyr Gruffydd as well—are small numbers in comparison with the whole budget that you're playing with. Would you agree with me that there is much more that we could be doing in terms of prioritising preventative spend, and do you also agree with me that the most important preventative spend any Government can make is in the education of our children and young people?