2. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:31 pm on 2 March 2021.

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Photo of Rebecca Evans Rebecca Evans Labour 2:31, 2 March 2021

Thank you to Nick Ramsay. It gives me a great opportunity to highlight to colleagues that, at 3 o'clock this afternoon, the final budget will be published, and therein you will find further detail on the allocations that we're making for next year, including spend on mental health.

In terms of stroke services, I'll make your request known to the Minister for Health and Social Services in that regard.FootnoteLink

And on the green recovery and building back better, again I think we'll have an interesting opportunity to explore some of that in the final budget debate next week, where colleagues will be able to ask some further questions about the capital stimulus package that we've announced just this week of £220 million, which includes additional funding for housing, and we're putting a specific focus on green housing, for example. And in the budget you'll also see funding for moving schools to zero carbon and so on. So, lots of exciting things for us to discuss in the final budget next week, which will be very relevant to the green recovery.