6. Debate: Draft Budget 2020-2021

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:08 pm on 4 February 2020.

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Photo of Alun Davies Alun Davies Labour 5:08, 4 February 2020

I smiled listening to Mike Hedges's contribution earlier in this debate, saying how he'd participated in debates where very few Members had been present and very few Members had actually contributed. My notes here say 'thinly attended'. I think we need to think hard about how we manage our budget process in this place. The Finance Committee, I think, has produced some very good work on how we would move to a legislative process, and I certainly think there needs to be far greater engagement from all sides of the Chamber in the process of making these absolutely fundamental decisions.