The Transparency of the Budget Process

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 2:17 pm on 13 January 2021.

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Photo of David Melding David Melding Conservative 2:17, 13 January 2021

I thank the Minister for that answer, but the public interest is definitely served by more transparency, and this has been a long journey, and there's still a long way to go. We are, quite properly, demanding of local government in their financial statements and the information, indeed, they send to their council tax payers, and I think a similar process of public engagement is required so that we can truly have a transparent budget process here in the Senedd. It would both encourage many good ideas to come forward—and, dare I say, perhaps from people who are not necessarily the usual culprits—and also, it would identify some areas of waste. So, will you commit to greater public engagement models being used in the future?