The Chancellor's Spring Statement

Part of 2. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:03 pm on 29 March 2022.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 2:03, 29 March 2022

(Translated)

I agree with the Member that the Chancellor had an opportunity back on Tuesday of last week to show what the United Kingdom can do to help people who are in poverty, and to do that in a way that is fair across the whole of the United Kingdom. It is disappointing that the Chancellor wasn't willing to take that opportunity to demonstrate the powers in his hands to help people—people in north Wales, as the Member says, and people who are suffering from the issues with regard to energy and food. There was an opportunity for the Chancellor to do what he could do, but, as I said in my original response, he hasn't done things in a fair way for people in Wales, or across the United Kingdom.