9. Debate: The Second Supplementary Budget 2020-21

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:46 pm on 17 November 2020.

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Photo of Rebecca Evans Rebecca Evans Labour 6:46, 17 November 2020

Diolch, Llywydd. This second supplementary budget is an important part of the budget process, but, as Mike Hedges says, it is a very, very different supplementary budget to the one that we would normally bring forward in a more regular year.

Following scrutiny, approval of this supplementary budget will authorise the revised spending plans of the Welsh Government and, crucially, it will allow cash to be drawn down from the Welsh consolidated fund to support that spending, so I thank Members for their contributions and for their support today. Some of the comments that I'd like to respond directly to relate to the supplementary budget and the fact that this is the second—.

Sorry, I can't concentrate, Llywydd, with the discussions going on on the—