Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 1:50 pm on 8 January 2020.
I would obviously disagree with what the Member's suggesting—that this budget is business as usual. Of course it's not. We see a major package of investment in decarbonisation and biodiversity, which I'm sorry that he can't bring himself to welcome.
So, we'll see £5 million used to create town centre green infrastructure and encourage biodiversity. How often do we talk in this Chamber about how important it is that we green our town centres? We have got a specific environmental growth fund, which will be looking after local places for nature and encourage applications to support a halt to the decline of nature in our local communities. The Member says that this is scheme—of course it's a scheme, but it is part of a wider package that is changing direction and changing the focus of our budget.