I thank the Minister for her statement and welcome the contribution of the Chair of the Finance Committee, and I would like to associate myself with the comments he made around local authorities and the work they put in. I'm contributing to this debate as the Welsh Conservatives' spokesperson for finance, and from the outset I would like to confirm that we will be abstaining on the motion before us, as is the custom of the group on supplementary budgets. During the pandemic, we saw a series of extraordinary supplementary budgets where hundreds of millions were allocated in addition to the final budget, in recognition of the huge response that was required to tackle COVID-19.

This supplementary budget is far closer to the norm that we expect to see—most of the allocations relate to technical changes—but, unfortunately, this budget is set, once again, against the background of even more extraordinary times. I fully understand that the budget was produced at the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the cost-of-living crisis, and so doesn't fully take into account these pressures. However, Deputy Llywydd, it is almost certain that more support will be needed to help ease the burden on people, in addition to what has already been provided, in particular to those people who do not qualify for benefits but need financial help at this time. Minister, what discussions are you having with colleagues from across the UK regarding the possibility of future support? And what planning have you done regarding the type of Welsh-specific support that may be required during the autumn and winter periods? Furthermore, the budget allocates £20 million from reserves as emergency financial assistance for local government to help with the resettlement scheme for Ukrainian refugees, as we've heard. Whilst I, of course, welcome this, I do note with some disappointment that last month the Welsh Government paused its supersponsor scheme. Minister, how effective do you think that this funding has been in putting in place an adequate support network? 

There is also the issue of how we support our public services through these difficult times. Inflationary pressures are putting a huge amount of strain on funding services, whilst the cost of things like potential public sector pay increases will need to be met. Minister, what steps are you taking to analyse the financial health of public services in Wales, as well as what future resources may be needed so that additional costs are not borne by service users, local government or services themselves?

With specific regard to the Welsh NHS, what work are you undertaking to better understand the barriers that NHS organisations are facing in actually spending the additional funding being provided to them? As you know, Audit Wales noted that NHS bodies returned £12.8 million of the £200 million allocated in 2021-22. Surely, given the huge strain that the NHS is under, we need to ensure that all of the funding provided is making its way to the front line to tackle waiting times and treatment backlogs. Thank you.