Group 11: Citizen Voice Body — resources (Amendments 57, 58)

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 7:58 pm on 10 March 2020.

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Photo of Angela Burns Angela Burns Conservative 7:58, 10 March 2020

Oh dear, oh dear, Llywydd, I think I rest my case. Rhun ap Iorwerth made a very good point about the fact that these kinds of bodies are the ones that often are the first to lose their funding when times are tight, and, basically, the Minister's reason for not wanting to ensure that—. No, Rhun ap Iorwerth said that. The Minister's main case for not wanting to make sure that there's enough funding in place is the fact that they've already got loads, they've got much more than England, they've got much more than Scotland, much more than Northern Ireland. I don't care. I want a citizen voice body that does the job to protect the Welsh citizen and to be the voice of the Welsh citizen. The funding they have at the moment has to cover the creation of a brand-new body to ensure that it runs well across our very large landscape that we have in Wales. [Interruption.] Yes, of course.