Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:45 pm on 22 June 2021.
Do you recognise, First Minister, that regrettably in Wales that formula only delivers 5 per cent of funding to children's hospices, whereas in England it's 21 per cent of funding and in Scotland it's 50 per cent of funding? Now, I'm not for a moment saying that the Welsh Government should step in and jump straight to 50 per cent, but do you believe that there's a journey required to level up that funding stream, especially coming out of COVID and the devastating impact that that's had on fundraising activities for charities? Because it cannot be equitable that such a formula delivers such an imbalance in funding for children's hospices here in Wales at 5 per cent, 21 per cent in England and 50 per cent in Scotland. So, will you commit the Government to reviewing this formula, so that a more equitable formula can be put in place to support the compassionate work that hospices in the children's sector do here in Wales?