7. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government Funding

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:25 pm on 27 November 2019.

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Photo of Nick Ramsay Nick Ramsay Conservative 5:25, 27 November 2019

Will you take an intervention? Just on that health figure, I don't disagree with you. I haven't got the figures in front of me, but I don't disagree with you that the figure might be higher here, but, of course, that isn't necessarily the issue. The issue is the rate of increase of the health budget within Wales vis-à-vis the other parts of the UK, and that's where—. Because you start off with a block of money, which we started off with at the start of devolution, if that isn't increasing at an appropriate level, then that will cause the problems, not necessarily the overall amount of money.